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Genesis 9:5-6
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5 I will ·demand [require; L seek] blood for life. I will ·demand [require; L seek] the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will ·demand [require; L seek] the life of anyone who takes another person’s life.

6 “Whoever ·kills [L sheds the blood of] a human being
    will ·be killed [L have his blood shed] by a human being,
because God made humans
    in ·his own image [L the image of God; 1:26–27].

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Genesis 9:5-6
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5 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)

6 “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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