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 the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which 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 made he man.
Leviticus 24:17
And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is 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 sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
1 Kings 2:31
And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

General references

Exodus 20:13
Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 21:12
He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely 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 so blood be upon thee.
Deuteronomy 25:12
then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

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