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Genesis 9:5-6
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Genesis 9:5-6
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5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: (A)from every beast I will require it and (B)from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
6 (C)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
(D)for God made man in his own image.
Genesis 9:5-6
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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)
Genesis 9:5-6
King James Version
Genesis 9:5-6
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5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
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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Exodus 21:12
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Exodus 21:12
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12 (A)“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.
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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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Numbers 35:31
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Numbers 35:31
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31 Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.
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Numbers 35:31
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Numbers 35:31
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31 “‘Do not accept a ransom(A) for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.
Numbers 35:31
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Numbers 35:31
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31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
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Deuteronomy 19:11-12
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Deuteronomy 19:11-12
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11 “But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him (A)and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, 12 then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.
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Deuteronomy 19:11-12
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Deuteronomy 19:11-12
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11 But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor,(A) and then flees to one of these cities, 12 the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die.
Deuteronomy 19:11-12
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Deuteronomy 19:11-12
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11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
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