And I will require a penalty for your lifeblood;[a] I will require it from any animal(A) and from any human; if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life.(B)

Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans his blood will be shed,(C)
for God made humans in his image.(D)

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  1. 9:5 Lit And your blood belonging to your life I will seek

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)

“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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