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

"Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.

And at

Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he replied, "I don't know! Am I my brother's guardian?"

You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the Lord.

Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,

For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Brother

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

General references

"You shall not murder.