Numbers 35:34
Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel.
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Exodus 25:8And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them.
Leviticus 18:24Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:
Leviticus 20:24But I have said to you, You will take their land and I will give it to you for your heritage, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God who have made you separate from all other peoples.
Numbers 16:3They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?
Deuteronomy 21:23Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
Psalms 132:14This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:10-34
The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1452.) 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give… Read the whole commentary →