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However, flesh with its life, that is, (A)its blood, you shall not eat. Surely I will require [a](B)your lifeblood; [b](C)from every living thing I will require it. And [c]from every man, [d]from each man’s brother I will require the life of man.

(D)Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For (E)in the image of God
He made man.

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  1. Genesis 9:5 Lit your blood of your lives
  2. Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
  3. Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
  4. Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of

“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(A) And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(B) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(C) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(D)

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

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