Deuteronomy 19:10

That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance, and [so] blood be upon thee.

That innocent {H5355} blood {H1818} be not shed {H8210} in {H7130} thy land {H776}, which the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430} giveth {H5414} thee for an inheritance {H5159}, and so blood {H1818} be upon thee.

so that innocent blood will not be shed in the land ADONAI your God is giving you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be on you.

Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 6:17 (4 votes)

    A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Isaiah 59:7 (4 votes)

    Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.

  • Matthew 27:4 (3 votes)

    Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that].

  • Matthew 27:5 (3 votes)

    And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

  • 2 Kings 24:4 (2 votes)

    And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

  • Joel 3:19 (2 votes)

    Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence [against] the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

  • Jeremiah 7:6 (2 votes)

    [If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: