“And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;”
So that innocent blood is not shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, thereby bringing bloodguilt upon you — the theological consequence of permitting innocent bloodshed is national bloodguilt (damim) that pollutes the land itself; justice protects not only individuals but the land's covenantal purity.
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