31. You may not accept a ransom for the life of a killer, who is guilty of a capital crime, for he must definitely be put to death.
32. You may not accept a ransom for someone who has fled to his refuge city so that he can return and live in the land before the priest’s death.
33. You may not pollute the land in which you live, for the blood pollutes the land. There can be no recovery for the land from the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
34. You will not make the land in which you live unclean, the land in the middle of which I reside, for I the Lord reside among the Israelites.