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Genesis 9:6
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Genesis 9:6
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Genesis 9:6
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Genesis 9:6
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6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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Genesis 9:6
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Genesis 9:6
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6 “Whoever (A)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(B)For in the image of God
He made man.
Exodus 21:12
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Exodus 21:12
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Personal Injuries
12 “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.(A)
Exodus 21:12
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Exodus 21:12
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12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
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Exodus 21:12
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Exodus 21:12
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The Law Concerning Violence
12 (A)“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
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Exodus 21:14
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Exodus 21:14
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14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately,(A) that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.(B)
Exodus 21:14
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Exodus 21:14
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14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
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Exodus 21:14
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Exodus 21:14
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14 “But if a man acts with (A)premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, (B)you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.
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Leviticus 24:17
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Leviticus 24:17
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17 “‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.(A)
Leviticus 24:17
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Leviticus 24:17
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17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
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Leviticus 24:17
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Leviticus 24:17
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17 (A)‘Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.
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Numbers 35:19
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Numbers 35:19
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19 The avenger of blood(A) shall put the murderer to death; when the avenger comes upon the murderer, the avenger shall put the murderer to death.(B)
Numbers 35:19
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Numbers 35:19
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19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
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Numbers 35:19
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Numbers 35:19
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19 (A)The[a] avenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
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- Numbers 35:19 A family member who is to avenge the victim
Numbers 35:21
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Numbers 35:21
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21 or if out of enmity one person hits another with their fist so that the other dies, that person is to be put to death;(A) that person is a murderer. The avenger of blood(B) shall put the murderer to death when they meet.
Numbers 35:21
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Numbers 35:21
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21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
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Numbers 35:21
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Numbers 35:21
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21 or in enmity he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
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Numbers 35:27
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Numbers 35:27
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27 and the avenger of blood finds them outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder.
Numbers 35:27
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Numbers 35:27
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27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
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Numbers 35:27
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Numbers 35:27
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27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of [a]blood,
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- Numbers 35:27 Murder
Numbers 35:33
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Numbers 35:33
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33 “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land,(A) and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Numbers 35:33
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Numbers 35:33
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33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
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Numbers 35:33
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Numbers 35:33
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33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood (A)defiles the land, and no [a]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except (B)by the blood of him who shed it.
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- Numbers 35:33 Lit. covering
1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 The Lord will repay(A) him for the blood he shed,(B) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(C) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(D) men and more upright than he.
1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
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1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 So the Lord (A)will return his [a]blood on his head, because he struck down two men more righteous (B)and better than he, and killed them with the sword—(C)Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and (D)Amasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah—though my father David did not know it.
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- 1 Kings 2:32 Or bloodshed
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