So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it polluteth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it — blood-shed pollutes the land, making it unsuitable for the LORD's holy presence and Israel's covenant-occupation. Only the death of the one who shed the blood can cleanse the pollution; execution is required both for justice and for land-sanctification. This principle frames capital punishment as cultic necessity, not merely retributive justice.

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