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 remove the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever 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 killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land in which ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him that shed it.
2 Samuel 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
1 Kings 2:31
And the king said to him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest 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 smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall be surely put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:10
That innocent blood may not be shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
Deuteronomy 25:12
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thy eye shall not pity her.