Numbers 35:34Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And thus shall your possession be cleansed, myself abiding with you. For I am the Lord that dwell among the children of Israel.
וְלֹ֧א תְטַמֵּ֣א אֶת־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתֶּם֙ יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בָּ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י שֹׁכֵ֣ן בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה שֹׁכֵ֕ן בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Num 5:3Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you,
- Ps 135 (134):21
- Rev 21:27There shall not enter into it any thing defiled or that worketh abomination or maketh a lie: but they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb.
- 2 Cor 6:16And 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.
- 2 Cor 6:17Wherefore: Go out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing:
- Lev 20:24But 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.
- Lev 20:26You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy: and I have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.
- Isa 57:15For 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.