Ezekiel 36:18
Context36:18 So I poured my anger on them 1 because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it. 2
Ezekiel 44:25
Context44:25 “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; 3 however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves.
1 sn See Ezek 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15.
2 sn For the concept of defiling the land in legal literature, see Lev 18:28; Deut 21:23.
3 sn This law was part of the legal code for priests (Lev 21:1-3).