Deuteronomy 19:13

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Summary

Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

But thou

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Bible References

But thou

So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

“Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.

‘If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death.

So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

The king said to him, “Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab shed without cause.

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“You shall not murder.

“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and bloodguiltiness be on you.

then you shall cut off her hand;

you shall not show pity.