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

But thou

Deuteronomy 21:9
So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.
Genesis 9:6
"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
Leviticus 24:17
"Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:33
You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
2 Samuel 21:1
Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, "There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death."
1 Kings 2:31
The king replied to him, "Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, and thus take away from me and from my father's house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.

General references

Exodus 20:13
"You shall not murder.
Exodus 21:12
"Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:10
lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.
Deuteronomy 25:12
then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.

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