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By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/106.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/106.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/106.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, <i>even</i> the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/106.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/106.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was defiled with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/106.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/106.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/106.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/106.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood — the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; so the land became polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/106.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; so the land became polluted with blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/106.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/106.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and to the gods of Canaan. Then they poured out the blood of these innocent children and made the land filthy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/106.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/106.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land became polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/106.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They killed those innocent children, and the land was defiled by those murders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/106.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters— whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, thereby polluting the land with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/106.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood--the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/106.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/106.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/106.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/106.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/106.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they shed innocent blood—Blood of their sons and of their daughters, "" Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, "" And the land is profaned with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/106.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/106.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will pour out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters which they sacrificed to the images of Canaan: and the land will be polluted with bloods.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/106.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/106.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 105:38>And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan. And the land was infected with bloodshed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/106.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Shedding innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, desecrating the land with bloodshed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/106.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/106.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/106.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/106.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/106.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/106-38.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=13523" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/106.htm">Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">37</span>They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. <span class="reftext">38</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: way·yiš·pə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">They shed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5355.htm" title="5355: nā·qî (Adj-ms) -- Clean, free from, exempt. Or naqiyi,; from naqah; innocent.">innocent</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: ḏām (N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">blood—</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: dam- (N-msc) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">the blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of their sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯê·hem (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">and daughters,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: zib·bə·ḥū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">they sacrificed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6091.htm" title="6091: la·‘ă·ṣab·bê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- An idol. From atsab; an image.">to the idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: ḵə·nā·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">and the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/2610.htm" title="2610: wat·te·ḥĕ·nap̄ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To be polluted or profane. A primitive root; to soil, especially in a moral sense.">was polluted</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: bad·dā·mîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">with blood.</a> </span><span class="reftext">39</span>They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Leviticus 18:21</a></span><br />You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Deuteronomy 12:31</a></span><br />You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">2 Kings 21:6</a></span><br />He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a></span><br />They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">2 Kings 16:3</a></span><br />Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31</a></span><br />They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Ezekiel 16:20-21</a></span><br />You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? / You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Ezekiel 23:37</a></span><br />For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">2 Chronicles 28:3</a></span><br />Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">2 Chronicles 33:6</a></span><br />He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5</a></span><br />who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5</a></span><br />because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-7.htm">Micah 6:7</a></span><br />Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.</p><p class="hdg">shed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/21-9.htm">Deuteronomy 21:9</a></b></br> So shalt thou put away the <i>guilt of</i> innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do <i>that which is</i> right in the sight of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">2 Kings 21:16</a></b></br> Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing <i>that which was</i> evil in the sight of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4</a></b></br> And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.</p><p class="hdg">the land</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33</a></b></br> So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye <i>are</i>: 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a></b></br> And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Isaiah 26:21</a></b></br> For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/105-29.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/psalms/105-11.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/psalms/74-7.htm">Desecrated</a> <a href="/psalms/106-36.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/psalms/106-36.htm">Images</a> <a href="/psalms/94-21.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/psalms/100-1.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/psalms/89-39.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/psalms/92-10.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/psalms/89-39.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/psalms/97-11.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/psalms/106-6.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/139-19.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/psalms/135-11.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/psalms/144-12.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-16.htm">Desecrated</a> <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Images</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-11.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/psalms/116-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-26.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/psalms/133-2.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/psalms/119-136.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/psalms/114-5.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 106</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-1.htm">The psalmist exhorts to praise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-4.htm">He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-7.htm">The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/106-47.htm">He concludes with prayer and praise</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Innocent blood refers to the unjust taking of life, which is a direct violation of God's commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-13.htm">Exodus 20:13</a>). The shedding of innocent blood is often associated with idolatry and injustice throughout the Bible (<a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6</a>). It underscores the moral corruption that had infiltrated the nation.<p><b>the blood of their sons and daughters,</b><br>The mention of sons and daughters emphasizes the heinous nature of the Israelites' actions. Child sacrifice was a practice adopted from surrounding pagan cultures, particularly the Canaanites. This act was strictly forbidden by God (<a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Leviticus 18:21</a>) and was considered an abomination. The sacrifice of children to false gods represents a complete departure from the covenant relationship with Yahweh, who values life and family.<p><b>whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,</b><br>The idols of Canaan refer to the false gods worshiped by the Canaanite people, such as Baal and Molech. These deities were often associated with fertility and prosperity, and their worship included detestable practices like child sacrifice (<a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">2 Kings 23:10</a>). The Israelites' adoption of these practices indicates a profound spiritual decline and a breach of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>).<p><b>and the land was polluted with blood.</b><br>The pollution of the land with blood signifies the defilement that results from sin. In biblical terms, the land itself is affected by the moral actions of its inhabitants (<a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33-34</a>). This concept is rooted in the idea that the land is a gift from God and should be kept holy. The shedding of innocent blood defiles the land, leading to divine judgment and exile, as seen in the Babylonian captivity (<a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-21</a>). This phrase also foreshadows the need for redemption and cleansing, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, whose blood purifies and restores (<a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were led out of Egypt and into the Promised Land, yet often fell into idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, inhabited by various pagan nations whose practices included child sacrifice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols_of_canaan.htm">Idols of Canaan</a></b><br>Pagan deities worshiped by the Canaanites, often involving detestable practices such as child sacrifice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/innocent_blood.htm">Innocent Blood</a></b><br>Refers to the children who were sacrificed, highlighting the gravity of the Israelites' sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/pollution_of_the_land.htm">Pollution of the Land</a></b><br>The spiritual and moral defilement that resulted from the shedding of innocent blood, affecting the entire land of Canaan.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_life.htm">The Sanctity of Life</a></b><br>God values human life, and the shedding of innocent blood is a grave sin. We must uphold the sanctity of life in our own contexts, advocating for the vulnerable and voiceless.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_idolatry.htm">The Dangers of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to moral decay and spiritual blindness. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism and self-worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has far-reaching consequences, affecting not only individuals but entire communities. We must seek repentance and restoration through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_influence.htm">Cultural Influence</a></b><br>The Israelites were influenced by the surrounding cultures, leading to their downfall. We must be vigilant in maintaining our Christian values amidst a secular world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_call_to_holiness.htm">God's Call to Holiness</a></b><br>God calls His people to be set apart and holy. We must strive to live lives that reflect His character and commands.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_106.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 106</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_child_sacrifice.htm">What does the Bible say about child sacrifice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_106_align_with_full_conquest.htm">Psalm 106:34-35 suggests Israel did not fully conquer or destroy surrounding nations--how does this align with biblical passages that claim they subdued the land completely?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_ancient_cultures_worship_idols.htm">Psalm 115:4-7 -- If idols are truly powerless, why have archeological findings shown widespread worship of them across ancient civilizations that thrived for centuries?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_allow_killing_innocents.htm">Exodus 12:29 - How can a just and loving God sanction the killing of innocent firstborn children?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/106.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(38) <span class= "bld">Innocent blood.</span>--Human sacrifice, and especially that of <span class= "ital">children, </span>was a Canaanite practice. It seems to have been inherent in Phoenician custom, for Carthage was, two centuries after Christ, notorious for it. (See Sil. Ital., iv. 767.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/106.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 38.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters.</span> Infants, who could have committed no actual sin, were the ordinary victims in the Moloch sacrifices (see Jarchi on <a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31</a>; Diod. Sic., 20:14; Dollinger, 'Judenthum und Heidenthum,' 1:427, Engl. trans.). <span class="cmt_word">Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan.</span> Bloody offerings of this horrible kind were made, not only to Moloch, but also to Baal (<a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Jeremiah 19:5</a>), to Chemosh (<a href="/2_kings/3-27.htm">2 Kings 3:27</a>), and perhaps to other deities. And the land was polluted with blood. Contrary to the commandment given in Deuteronomy 35:33, "Ye shall not pollute the laud wherein ye are." The "innocent blood" shed in the land is often declared to have been the especial cause of God's anger against Israel, and of his final casting away of his inheritance (<a href="/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4</a>; <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Jeremiah 22:3, 17</a>, etc.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/106-38.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They shed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽשְׁפְּכ֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·pə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">innocent</span><br /><span class="heb">נָקִ֡י</span> <span class="translit">(nā·qî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5355.htm">Strong's 5355: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, free from, exempt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blood—</span><br /><span class="heb">דָ֪ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the blood</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(dam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֘יהֶ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and daughters,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽבְנוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whom</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they sacrificed</span><br /><span class="heb">זִ֭בְּחוּ</span> <span class="translit">(zib·bə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter for sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the idols</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲצַבֵּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·ṣab·bê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6091.htm">Strong's 6091: </a> </span><span class="str2">An, image</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Canaan,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְנָ֑עַן</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·nā·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was polluted</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֶּחֱנַ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(wat·te·ḥĕ·nap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2610.htm">Strong's 2610: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be polluted or profane</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with blood.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּדָּמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(bad·dā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 106:38 They shed innocent blood even the blood (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/106-37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 106:37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/106-39.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 106:39"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 106:39" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>