Verse 33<\/span>. For blood it defileth the land<\/B><\/I>] The very land was considered as guilty till the blood of the murderer was shed in it. No wonder God is so particularly strict in his laws against murderers,<\/P> 1. Because he is the author of life, and none have any right to dispose of it but himself.<\/P> 2. Because life is the time to prepare for the eternal world, and on it the salvation of the soul accordingly depends; therefore it is of infinite consequence to the man that his life be lengthened out to the utmost limits assigned by Divine Providence. As he who takes a man’s life away before his time may be the murderer of his soul as well as of his body, the severest laws should be enacted against this, both to punish and prevent the crime.<\/P> <\/P> THE Mosaic cities of refuge<\/I> have in general been considered, not merely as civil institutions, but as types or representations of infinitely better things; and in this light St. Paul seems to have considered them and the altar of God<\/I>, which was a place of general<\/I> refuge<\/I>, as it is pretty evident that he had them in view when writing the following words: “God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, (his oath<\/I> and promise<\/I>), in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation who have FLED for REFUGE to lay HOLD upon the HOPE set before us,” Heb 6:17-18<\/span>. Independently of this, it was a very wise political institute; and while the patriarchal law on this point continued in force, this law had a direct tendency to cool and moderate the spirit of revenge<\/I>, to secure the proper accomplishment of the ends of justice<\/I>, and to make way for every claim of mercy<\/I> and equity<\/I>. But this is not peculiar to the ordinance of the cities of refuge<\/I>; every institution of God is distinguished in the same way, having his own glory, in the present and eternal welfare of man, immediately in view.<\/P><\/p>\n These words are added as a reason not of the last law, Num 35:32<\/span>, for in that case the land was cleansed without the blood of the man-slayer. but of the law next foregoing that, Num 35:31<\/span>, in which case it holds; and the sense is, If you shall spare the murderer, or take any satisfaction for him, you do together with yourselves involve your land and people in guilt, and will certainly bring down Gods vengeance upon yourselves and them. <\/P> <\/p>\n So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are<\/strong>,…. The land of Canaan, as it had been by the old inhabitants of it, by idolatry, adultery, and murder:<\/p>\n for blood it defileth the land<\/strong>: the shedding of innocent blood defiles a nation, and the inhabitants of it, brings guilt thereon, and subjects to punishment:<\/p>\n and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it<\/strong>; or “there can be no expiation” b, 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 Ge 9:6<\/span>.<\/p>\n b “non posset expiatio”, Junius Tremellius, Piscator to the same sense Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version.<\/p>\n The Israelites were not to desecrate their land by sparing the murderer; as blood, i.e., bloodshed or murder, desecrated the land, and there was no expiation ( ) to the land for the blood that was shed in it, except through the blood of the man who had shed it, i.e., through the execution of the murderer, by which justice would be satisfied.<\/p>\n 33. So ye shall not pollute the land. In this concluding sentence, He again reminds them that, unless they should exercise severe justice against murderers, they would be guilty of sin against God; because the land stained with human blood is polluted, and lying under His curse, until expiation has been made. Again, since God dwells in the land of Canaan, having chosen His abode among the children of Israel, his sanctity is also profaned. The sum is, that, in every respect, care should be taken lest the land, which is sacred to God, should be contaminated by bloodshed. <\/p>\n 33<\/strong>. <\/strong> Not pollute the land <\/strong> According to the conception of both Greeks and Hebrews an unavenged murder stained the land with guilt and exposed it to the most dreadful judgments. A government in sympathy with crime, or indifferent to the claims of justice, ought to feel the bolts of divine wrath. <\/p>\n Cannot be cleansed <\/strong> Literally, “and for the land atonement is not made <\/em> except in the blood of him that murderously shed blood.” The atonement was not effected by the blood of the murderer as a sacrificial victim, but by the righteous conduct of the authorities and people in slaying him, and thus endeavoring to make murder odious. See the Greek tragedy, “OEdipus Rex.”<\/p>\n wherein ye are. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “wherein ye are dwelling”. <\/p>\n blood: i.e. blood unlawfully shed. <\/p>\n him that shed it. Compare Gen 9:6. <\/p>\n it defileth: Lev 18:25, Deu 21:1-8, Deu 21:23, 2Ki 23:26, 2Ki 24:4, Psa 106:28, Isa 26:21, Eze 22:24-27, Hos 4:2, Hos 4:3, Mic 4:11, Mat 23:31-35, Luk 11:50, Luk 11:51 <\/p>\n the land cannot be cleansed: Heb. there can be no expiation for the land <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 19:13 – but thou Deu 21:8 – lay not 2Sa 3:28 – guiltless 2Sa 14:9 – and the king 1Ki 2:6 – let 1Ki 2:31 – that thou 2Ki 14:5 – that he slew 2Ki 21:16 – Manasseh 2Ch 33:25 – slew 2Ch 34:5 – cleansed Psa 106:38 – the land Isa 24:5 – defiled Jer 2:7 – ye defiled Jer 16:18 – they have defiled Jer 26:15 – ye shall Jer 26:19 – Thus Lam 4:14 – they have polluted Eze 36:17 – they defiled Mat 23:35 – upon Mat 27:25 – His<\/p>\n 35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be {n} cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.<\/p>\n (n) So God is mindful of the blood wrongfully shed, that he makes his dumb creatures demand vengeance of it.<\/p>\n So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 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