Mazmur 106:38

106:38 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. ¹ 

Mazmur 106:40

106:40 So the Lord was angry with his people ² 

and despised the people who belong to him. ³ 

[106:38]  ¹ sn Num 35:33-34 explains that bloodshed defiles a land.

[106:40]  ² tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against his people.”

[106:40]  ³ tn Heb “his inheritance.”