Numbers 35:34 “Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LO…”

Numbers 35:34

Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

World English Bible

You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, where I dwell; for I, the LORD, dwell among the children of Israel.’”

American Standard Version

And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

Defile not therefore the lande which yee shall inhabite, For I dwell in the middes thereof: for I the Lord dwel among the children of Israel.

Darby Translation

And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

and ye defile not the land in which ye are dwelling, in the midst of which I do tabernacle, for I Jehovah do tabernacle in the midst of the sons of Israel.'

Bible in Basic English

Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel.

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Cross references

“Defile not”

Numbers 5:3 Leviticus 20:24–26

Numbers 5:3 · BSB

You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

Leviticus 20:24–26 · BSB

But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

“I dwell”

Psalm 135:21 Revelation 21:27 Isaiah 57:15 Hosea 9:3 Revelation 21:3 2 Corinthians 6:16

Psalm 135:21 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

Revelation 21:27 · BSB

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Isaiah 57:15 · BSB

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive th…

Hosea 9:3 · BSB

They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

Revelation 21:3 · BSB

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.

2 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB

What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

“dwell among”

Exodus 25:8 1 Kings 6:13 Psalm 132:14 Isaiah 8:12 Exodus 29:45 Exodus 29:46

Exodus 25:8 · BSB

And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.

1 Kings 6:13 · BSB

And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”

Psalm 132:14 · BSB

“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.

Isaiah 8:12 · BSB

“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

Exodus 29:45 · BSB

Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

Exodus 29:46 · BSB

And they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

Also

Leviticus 18:24–25

Leviticus 18:24–25 · BSB

Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

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