Psalm 106:38
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Cross-references
Ezekiel 22:3 links shedding blood and making idols as defiling the city — the same twin sins of child sacrifice and idolatry.
Numbers 35:33 states that blood pollutes the land, directly explaining the pollution from child sacrifice in Psalm 106:38.
Deuteronomy 21:9 instructs purging innocent blood from the land, directly addressing the pollution caused by child sacrifice in Psalm 106:38.
Ezekiel 7:23 declares the land full of bloodshed — directly echoing the pollution from child sacrifice described here.
2 Kings 21:16 recounts Manasseh shedding innocent blood, mirroring the innocent blood of children poured out in Psalm 106:38.
2 Kings 24:4 notes Manasseh's innocent blood filling Jerusalem, echoing the land pollution from child sacrifice in Psalm 106:38.
In Isaiah 1:15, hands full of blood cause God to hide his eyes — the same innocent bloodshed from child sacrifice pollutes worship.
Isaiah 26:21 says the earth will disclose blood shed on it — matching the land polluted with blood here, calling for divine punishment.
Ezekiel 23:37 also describes child sacrifice to idols and blood on hands, directly echoing the pollution of the land with innocent blood.
Leviticus 18:21 forbids sacrificing children to Molek — the very practice that Psalm 106:38 records as having been done.
In Ezekiel 16:20, sacrificing children to idols directly parallels the innocent blood shed in Psalm 106:38.
In Jeremiah 32:35, offering sons and daughters to Molech is the same abomination as Psalm 106:38.
In Jeremiah 19:5, burning sons as offerings to Baal directly mirrors the child sacrifice in Psalm 106:38.
In Jeremiah 7:31, burning sons and daughters in Topheth matches the child sacrifice described in Psalm 106:38.
In Jeremiah 7:6, 'shed innocent blood' echoes the exact phrase from Psalm 106:38, condemning the same sin.
In 2 Chronicles 28:3, Ahaz burns his sons in the Valley of Hinnom — the same abomination as Psalm 106:38.
In 2 Kings 17:17, Israel burns sons and daughters as offerings — directly paralleling the innocent blood shed in Psalm 106:38.
In 2 Kings 16:3, Ahaz makes his son pass through fire — the same child sacrifice condemned in Psalm 106:38.
2 Kings 3:27 records a king offering his firstborn as a sacrifice — a historical example of the child sacrifice condemned here.
Deuteronomy 32:17 says they sacrificed to false gods — matching the idolatrous child sacrifice to Canaan's idols in this verse.
Deuteronomy 18:10 prohibits sacrificing a son or daughter in the fire — the same child sacrifice that polluted the land here.
Leviticus 20:2 commands death for anyone sacrificing a child to Molek — the exact sin that defiled the land in this verse.
Leviticus 18:25 says the land was defiled and vomited out its inhabitants — the same consequence as the polluted land here.