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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But thou

So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.

And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.

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Do not put anyone to death without cause.

He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.