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pollute

Meaning of “pollute”

To defile, make unclean, or profane.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Cawdrey 1604
11 occurrences11 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 18:32

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Numbers 18:32
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:32 · retained source text

And yee shall beare no sinne by reason of it, when ye haue heaued from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: 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.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 35:33 · retained source text

So ye shall not pollute the lande wherein ye are: for blood, it defileth the land: and the land cannot bee cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. there can be no expiation for the land.

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