Numbers 35:34
Good News Translation
Do not defile the land where you are living, because I am the LORD and I live among the people of Israel."

New Revised Standard Version
You shall not defile the land in which you live, in which I also dwell; for I the LORD dwell among the Israelites.

New American Bible
Do not defile the land in which you live and in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the Israelites.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thus shall your possession be cleansed, myself abiding with you. For I am the Lord that dwell among the children of Israel.

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And thus shall your possession be cleansed, myself abiding with you. For I am the Lord that dwell among the children of Israel.

defile not

Numbers 5:3 Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you,

Leviticus 20:24-26 But to you I say: Possess their land which I will give you for an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from other people. . . .

I dwell

Psalm 135:21 Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Hosea 9:3 They shall not dwell in the Lord's land: Ephraim is returned to Egypt, and hath eaten unclean things among the Assyrians.

2 Corinthians 6:16,17 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God: as God saith: I will dwell in them and walk among them. And I will be their God: and they shall be my people. . . .

Revelation 21:3,27 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God. . . .

dwell among

Numbers 5:3 Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you,

Exodus 25:8 And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:

Exodus 29:45,46 And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will be their God: . . .

1 Kings 6:13 And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and I will not forsake my people Israel.

Psalm 132:14 This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.

Isaiah 8:12 Say ye not: A conspiracy: for all that this people speaketh, is a conspiracy: neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

Context
Six Cities of Refuge
33Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained with the blood of the innocent: neither can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another. 34And thus shall your possession be cleansed, myself abiding with you. For I am the Lord that dwell among the children of Israel.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:24
Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,

Leviticus 18:25
And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants.

Numbers 5:3
Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you,

Deuteronomy 21:8
Be merciful to thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, O Lord, and lay not innocent blood to their charge, in the midst of thy people Israel. And the guilt of blood shall be taken from them:

Deuteronomy 21:23
His body shall not remain upon the tree, but shall be buried the same day: for he is accursed of God that hangeth on a tree: and thou shalt not defile thy land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee in possession.

Jeremiah 16:18
And I will repay first their double iniquities, and their sins: because they have defiled my land with the carcasses of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.

Numbers 35:33
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