Genesis 9:6; Exodus 21:12; Leviticus 24:17; Numbers 35:30–34

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Genesis 9:6

6  d“Whoever sheds the blood of man,

by man shall his blood be shed,

efor God made man in his own image.


Exodus 21:12

12 i“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.


Leviticus 24:17

An Eye for an Eye

17 “Whoever takes a human life xshall surely be put to death.


Numbers 35:30–34

30 “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death ion the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. 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. 32 And you shall accept 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 high priest. 33 You shall not jpollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 You shall not kdefile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, for I the Lord ldwell in the midst of the people of Israel.”