Mínshùjì 35:33

33 Zhèyàng , nǐmen jiù bú wūhuì suǒ zhù zhī dì , yīnwei xuè shì wūhuì dì de . ruò yǒu zaì dì shàng liú rén xuè de , fēi liú nà shārén zhĕ de xuè , nà dì jiù bùdé jiéjìng ( jiéjìng yuánwén zuò shú ) .

Mínshùjì 35:33 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:33

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are
The land of Canaan, as it had been by the old inhabitants of it, by idolatry, adultery, and murder:

for blood it defileth the land:
the shedding of innocent blood defiles a nation, and the inhabitants of it, brings guilt thereon, and subjects to punishment:

and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but
by the blood of him that shed it;
or "there can be no expiation" ^F2, or "atonement made" for it in any other way; the blood of the murderer is required at his hands, and nothing short of it will satisfy law and justice, see ( Genesis 9:6 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (rpky al) "non posset expiatio", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; to the same sense Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version.

Mínshùjì 35:33 In-Context

31 Gù shārén , fàn sǐ zuì de , nǐmen bùkĕ shōu shújià daìtì tāde méng . tā bì beì zhìsǐ .

32 Nà taó dào taó chéng de rén , nǐmen bùkĕ wéi tā shōu shújià , shǐ tā zaì Dàjìsī wèi sǐ yǐ xiān zaì lái zhù zaì bĕn dì .

33 Zhèyàng , nǐmen jiù bú wūhuì suǒ zhù zhī dì , yīnwei xuè shì wūhuì dì de . ruò yǒu zaì dì shàng liú rén xuè de , fēi liú nà shārén zhĕ de xuè , nà dì jiù bùdé jiéjìng ( jiéjìng yuánwén zuò shú ) .

34 Nǐmen bùkĕ diànwū suǒ zhù zhī dì , jiù shì wǒ zhù zaì qízhōng zhī dì , yīnwei wǒ Yēhéhuá zhù zaì Yǐsèliè rén zhōngjiān .