Personal Injuries

¹² “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.^(A)

¹⁴ But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately,^(A) that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.^(B)

¹⁷ “‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.^(A)

³¹ “‘Do not accept a ransom^(A) for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.

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.

⁵² “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.^(A)

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness^(B) on the part of God’s people.^(C)