Proverbs 28:17
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17 (A)A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit;
Let no one help him.
Genesis 9:6
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6 “Whoever (A)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(B)For in the image of God
He made man.
1 Kings 21:19
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19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: (A)“In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”
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Exodus 21:14
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14 “But if a man acts with (A)premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, (B)you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.
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Acts 28:4
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4 So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.”
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Matthew 27:4-5
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4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and (A)departed, and went and hanged himself.
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2 Chronicles 24:21-25
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21 So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they (A)stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his [a]father had done to him, but killed his son; and as he died, he said, “The Lord look on it, and (B)repay!”
Death of Joash(C)
23 So it happened in the spring of the year that (D)the army of Syria came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their [b]spoil to the king of Damascus. 24 For the army of the Syrians (E)came with a small company of men; but the Lord (F)delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they (G)executed judgment against Joash. 25 And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), (H)his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the [c]sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Foster father
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 plunder
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 LXX, Vg. son and vv. 20–22
2 Kings 9:26
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26 ‘Surely I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the Lord, (A)‘and I will repay you [a]in this plot,’ says the Lord. Now therefore, take and throw him on the plot of ground, according to the word of the Lord.”
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- 2 Kings 9:26 on this property
1 Kings 21:23
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23 And (A)concerning Jezebel the Lord also spoke, saying, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the [a]wall of Jezreel.’
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- 1 Kings 21:23 So with MT, LXX; some Heb. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg. plot of ground instead of wall (cf. 2 Kin. 9:36)
Numbers 35:14-34
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14 (A)You shall appoint three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan, which will be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be for refuge for the children of Israel, (B)for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills a person accidentally may flee there.
16 (C)‘But if he strikes him with an iron implement, so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 (D)The[a] avenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. 20 (E)If he pushes him out of hatred or, (F)while lying in wait, hurls something at him so that he dies, 21 or in enmity he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
22 ‘However, if he pushes him suddenly (G)without enmity, or throws anything at him without lying in wait, 23 or uses a stone, by which a man could die, throwing it at him without seeing him, so that he dies, while he was not his enemy or seeking his harm, 24 then (H)the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments. 25 So the congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and (I)he shall remain there until the death of the high priest (J)who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the manslayer at any time goes outside the limits of the city of refuge where he fled, 27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of [b]blood, 28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.
29 ‘And these things shall be (K)a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the (L)testimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty. 31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. 32 And you shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest. 33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood (M)defiles the land, and no [c]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except (N)by the blood of him who shed it. 34 Therefore (O)do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for (P)I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.’ ”
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- Numbers 35:19 A family member who is to avenge the victim
- Numbers 35:27 Murder
- Numbers 35:33 Lit. covering
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