Numbers 35:34
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.
Cross-reference
Numbers 5:3 removes lepers from camp to avoid defiling it because God dwells there — same reasoning as Numbers 35:34.
Exodus 29:45 states God's promise to dwell among Israel, directly paralleling the same assurance in Numbers.
Exodus 29:46 links God's deliverance from Egypt to His dwelling among them, giving context to Numbers' command.
Revelation 21:3 fulfills the dwelling theme: God tabernacles with His people eternally, the ultimate realization of Numbers.
2 Corinthians 6:16 directly applies the OT promise of God dwelling among His people to the church as God's temple.
1 Kings 6:13 reaffirms God's promise to dwell with Israel, now tied to the temple — a later application of Numbers.
Psalm 132:14 echoes God's promise to dwell in Zion, reinforcing the sacredness of the land because God resides there.
Exodus 25:8 introduces the command to build a sanctuary so God may dwell — the foundation for Numbers' land holiness.
Isaiah 24:5 declares the earth defiled by sin — universal echo of the principle that sin defiles the land God inhabits.
Daniel 2:11 states gods do not live among humans — contrasting with Numbers 35:34 where the Lord dwells among Israel. Direct opposite.
Ezekiel 36:17 explicitly echoes this: 'they defiled it by their conduct' — exactly the same concern about defiling the land where God dwells.
Jeremiah 16:18 says they defiled God's land with idols — matching the command not to defile the land where God dwells.
Jeremiah 2:7 directly accuses Israel of defiling God's land and inheritance — same sin condemned in Numbers 35:34.
Deuteronomy 21:23 forbids desecrating the land by leaving a hanged body — direct parallel to not defiling God's dwelling place.
Deuteronomy 19:13 commands purging bloodguilt from Israel — aligns with not defiling the land by bloodshed.
Leviticus 18:25 states the land was defiled by sin and vomited its inhabitants — same consequence for defiling God's dwelling.
Hosea 9:3 shows the consequence of defiling the land: exile, as God's presence departs — fulfilling Numbers' warning.
Isaiah 57:15 expands God's dwelling: He dwells both in high holiness and with the contrite, complementing the land's sanctity in Numbers.
Leviticus 20:24-26 grounds holiness in God's separation of Israel — reinforcing why not to defile the land He dwells in.
2 Corinthians 6:17 calls for separation from uncleanness, echoing Numbers' command not to defile where God dwells.
Revelation 21:27 underscores that nothing impure enters God's dwelling, reinforcing the holiness requirement of Numbers.