Genesis 9:5-6
5And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: afrom every beast I will require it and bfrom man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.6 c“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
dfor God made man in his own image.
Exodus 21:12
12 e“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.Numbers 35:31
31Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.1 John 3:12
12We should not be like fCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? gBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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