1 Kings 2:31

2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family¹ the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.²

1 Kings 2:33

2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family,³ and his dynasty.”⁴

Leviticus 20:9

Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions⁵

20:9 “‘If anyone⁶ curses his father and mother⁷ he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.⁸

Joshua 2:19

2:19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death – we are innocent in that case!⁹ But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.¹⁰

Joshua 2:2

2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well!¹¹ Israelite men have come here tonight¹² to spy on the land.”

Joshua 1:16

1:16 They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

Ezekiel 18:13

18:13 engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die.¹³ He will bear the responsibility for his own death.¹⁴

¹tn Heb “house.”

²tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

³tn Heb “house.”

⁴tn Heb “his throne.”

⁵sn Compare the regulations in Lev 18:6-23.

⁶tn Heb “If a man a man who.”

⁷tn Heb “makes light of his father and his mother.” Almost all English versions render this as some variation of “curses his father or mother.”

⁸tn Heb “his blood [plural] is in him.” Cf. NAB “he has forfeited his life”; TEV “is responsible for his own death.”

⁹tn Heb “Anyone who goes out from the doors of your house to the outside, his blood is on his head. We are innocent.”

¹⁰tn Heb “But anyone who is with you in the house, his blood is on our head if a hand should be on him.”

¹¹tn Or “look.”

¹²tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”

¹³tn Heb “be put to death.” The translation follows an alternative reading that appears in several ancient textual witnesses.

¹⁴tn Heb “his blood will be upon him.”