Bible Cross References
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Leviticus 18:25
Their actions made the land unclean, and so the LORD is punishing the land and making it reject the people who lived there.
Deuteronomy 21:1-8
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"Suppose someone is found murdered in a field in the land that the LORD your God is going to give you, and you do not know who killed him.
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Your leaders and judges are to go out and measure the distance from the place where the body was found to each of the nearby towns.
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Then the leaders of the town nearest to where the body was found are to select a young cow that has never been used for work.
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They are to take it down to a spot near a stream that never runs dry and where the ground has never been plowed or planted, and there they are to break its neck.
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The levitical priests are to go there also, because they are to decide every legal case involving violence. The LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name.
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Then all the leaders from the town nearest the place where the murdered person was found are to wash their hands over the cow
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and say, 'We did not murder this one, and we do not know who did it.
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LORD, forgive your people Israel, whom you rescued from Egypt. Forgive us and do not hold us responsible for the murder of an innocent person.'
Deuteronomy 21:23-8
2 Kings 23:26
But the LORD's fierce anger had been aroused against Judah by what King Manasseh had done, and even now it did not die down.
2 Kings 24:4
and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The LORD could not forgive Manasseh for that.
Psalm 106:28
Then at Peor, God's people joined in the worship of Baal and ate sacrifices offered to dead gods.
Isaiah 26:21
The LORD is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.
Ezekiel 22:24-27
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"Mortal man," he said, "tell the Israelites that their land is unholy, and so I am punishing it in my anger.
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The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows.
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The priests break my law and have no respect for what is holy. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things, and they ignore the Sabbath. As a result the people of Israel do not respect me.
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The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.
Hosea 4:2
They make promises and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery. Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another.
Hosea 4:3
And so the land will dry up, and everything that lives on it will die. All the animals and birds, and even the fish, will die."
Micah 4:11
Many nations have gathered to attack you. They say, "Jerusalem must be destroyed! We will see this city in ruins!"
Matthew 23:31-35
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So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!
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Go on, then, and finish up what your ancestors started!
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You snakes and children of snakes! How do you expect to escape from being condemned to hell?
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And so I tell you that I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers; you will kill some of them, crucify others, and whip others in the synagogues and chase them from town to town.
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As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
Luke 11:50
So the people of this time will be punished for the murder of all the prophets killed since the creation of the world,
Luke 11:51
from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the people of this time will be punished for them all!