Genesis 9:5

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Summary

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

Every

Exodus 21:12

And at

Brother

Acts 17:26

General references

Exodus 20:13

Bible References

Every

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

And at

And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

If, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you come across the dead body of a man in the open country, and you have no idea who has put him to death:

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

Brother

And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

General references

Do not put anyone to death without cause.