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Psalm 106:38d "And the land was polluted with blood."

Day 167 – Psalm 106

“And the land was polluted with blood.” Psalm 106:38d

HUMAN SACRIFICE

Human life must always be regarded as sacred. The children of Israel lost more than just a good system of worship that God had given to them. They had lost their own flesh and blood when they embraced the idolatrous practices of the Canaanites.

“And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with blood.”
Psalm 106:38

1. “And shed innocent blood”

a) The victims were not criminals.
b) They were “innocent blood”.
c) They were often young children.

2. “The blood of their sons and daughters”

a) How could any parent offer his children as a human sacrifice?
b) This practice should have been recognized as evil and done away with.

3. “Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan”

a) The Canaanites had won the battle against the children of Israel.
b) They had corrupted the people of God into thinking that it was normal to sacrifice their children to the idols of Canaan.
c) The children of Israel had merely become occupants of the land of Canaan.
d) They were not the conquerors; they had been conquered by evil.

4. “And the land was polluted with blood”

The word “polluted” was an apt word to employ.

a) There was moral pollution because of innocent blood shed.
b) The blood of the innocent would cry out for justice.
c) The land was heavily laden with guilt.