Genesis 4:15

15Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him asevenfold.” And the Lord bput a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.

Genesis 9:5-6

5And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: cfrom every beast I will require it and dfrom man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

6 e“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
ffor God made man in his own image.

Leviticus 26:17

17I will gset my face against you, and hyou shall be struck down before your enemies. iThose who hate you shall rule over you, and jyou shall flee when none pursues you.

Leviticus 26:36

36And as for those of you who are left, kI will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The lsound of a mdriven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.

Numbers 17:12-13

12And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 13 nEveryone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the Lord, shall die. Are we all to perish?”

Numbers 35:19

19 oThe avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.

Numbers 35:21

21or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. pThe avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

Numbers 35:27

27and qthe avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.

2 Samuel 14:7

7And now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.’ And so they would rdestroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal that is left and leave to my husband neither name nor sremnant on the face of the earth.”

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