⁵ Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; ^(A)from the hand of every beast I will require it, and ^(B)from the hand of man. From the hand of every ^(C)man’s brother I will require the life of man.

The Law Concerning Violence

^12 (A)“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

^7 (A)Keep yourself far from a false matter; ^(B)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For ^(C)I will not justify the wicked.

^18 (A)You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, ^(B)but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

^17 (A)‘Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.

^24 (A)‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’