Holy Scripture
Numbers 35:33
Source: Septuagint
Original
33So shall ye not pollute with murder the land in which ye dwell; for this blood pollutes the land, and the land shall not be purged from the blood shed upon it, but by the blood of him that shed it.
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31And ye shall not accept ransoms for life from a murderer who is worthy of death, for he shall be surely put to death.
32Ye shall not accept a ransom to excuse his fleeing to the city of refuge, so that he should again dwell in the land, until the death of the high priest.
— Numbers 35:33 —
34And ye shall not defile the land whereon ye dwell, on which I dwell in the midst of you; for I am the Lord dwelling in the midst of the children of Israel.