{"id":5745,"date":"2017-03-22T19:54:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T23:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=5745"},"modified":"2017-03-22T19:54:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T23:54:40","slug":"therefore-do-not-defile-the-land-which-you-inhabit-in-the-midst-of-which-i-dwell-for-i-the-lord-dwell-among-the-children-of-israel-numbers-3534-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/therefore-do-not-defile-the-land-which-you-inhabit-in-the-midst-of-which-i-dwell-for-i-the-lord-dwell-among-the-children-of-israel-numbers-3534-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Therefore do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel&#8221; (Numbers 35:34 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6fdco\" data-offset-key=\"a892s-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"a892s-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"a892s-0-0\">What would &#8220;defile the land?&#8221; <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6fdco\" data-offset-key=\"60rdt-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"60rdt-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"60rdt-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6fdco\" data-offset-key=\"d2v6k-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"d2v6k-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"d2v6k-0-0\">The blood of unatoned murder is a defilement of any land. Not just the murder itself, but the murder that isn&#8217;t justly punished. As the Lord told Cain after he murdered his brother, &#8220;Your brother\u2019s blood cries out to Me from the ground&#8221; (Gen. 4:10).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6fdco\" data-offset-key=\"55phd-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"55phd-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"55phd-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6fdco\" data-offset-key=\"frqvh-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"frqvh-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"frqvh-0-0\">The Lord gave authority to human government to both limit and punish sin. As the apostle Paul wrote to the Romans, The ruler &#8220;does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God\u2019s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.&#8221; The Lord will not long dwell with a nation that does not execute justice.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would &#8220;defile the land?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The blood of unatoned murder is a defilement of any land. Not just the murder itself, but the murder that isn&#8217;t justly punished. As the Lord told Cain after he murdered his brother, &#8220;Your brother\u2019s blood cries out to Me from the ground&#8221; (Gen. 4:10).<\/p>\n<p>The Lord gave authority to human government to both limit and punish sin. As the apostle Paul wrote to the Romans, The ruler &#8220;does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God\u2019s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.&#8221; The Lord will not long dwell with a nation that does not execute justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1271],"scripture-chapter":[1368],"oyb_day":[1608],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5745","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-numbers","scripture-chapter-1368","oyb_day-march-22"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/5745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5745"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=5745"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=5745"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=5745"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=5745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}