Cross references
Deuteronomy 21:8
Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.”
And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
Deuteronomy 21:8 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jonah 1:14 (4 votes) and Numbers 35:33–34 (2 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 9 to 1 Timothy 1.
Which verses does Deuteronomy 21:8 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Jonah 1:144 votes
So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
- Numbers 35:33–342 votes
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
- 2 Samuel 3:282 votes
Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
- 2 Kings 24:42 votes
and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
- Psalm 19:122 votes
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
- Jeremiah 26:152 votes
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
- Ezekiel 23:32 votes
and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
- Ezekiel 23:24–252 votes
They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will punish you according to their own standards. And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
- Matthew 23:352 votes
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15–162 votes
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
Which verses point to Deuteronomy 21:8?
The 10 strongest of 18.