And I will require a penalty for your lifeblood;[a] I will require it from any animal(A) and from any human; if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life.(B)

Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans his blood will be shed,(C)
for God made humans in his image.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:5 Lit And your blood belonging to your life I will seek

And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(A) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(B) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(C)

“Whoever sheds human blood,
    by humans shall their blood be shed;(D)
for in the image of God(E)
    has God made mankind.

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13 Do not murder.(A)

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Laws about Personal Injury

12 “Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death.(A) 13 But if he did not intend any harm,[a] and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.(B) 14 If a person schemes and willfully[b] acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from my altar to be put to death.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:13 Lit he was not lying in wait
  2. 21:14 Or maliciously

Personal Injuries

12 “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.(A) 13 However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place(B) I will designate. 14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately,(C) that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.(D)

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30 “If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.(A) 31 You are not to accept a ransom for the life of someone who is guilty of murder; he must be put to death.

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30 “‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.(A)

31 “‘Do not accept a ransom(B) for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.

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