Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Bible References

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Deuteronomy 21:9
So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.
Leviticus 24:17
And if any one smiteth any man mortally, he shall certainly be put to death.
Numbers 35:33
And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
2 Samuel 21:1
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.
1 Kings 2:31
And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall upon him, and bury him; and take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

General references

Exodus 20:13
Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 21:12
He that striketh a man, so that he die, shall certainly be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:10
that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood come not upon thee.
Deuteronomy 25:12
thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare.