Genesis 9:5-6
9:5 For your lifeblood
I will surely exact punishment,
from
every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person
I will exact punishment for the life of the individual
since the man was his relative.
9:6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by other humans
must his blood be shed;
for in God’s image
God has made humankind.”
Numbers 35:33
35:33 “You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
Deuteronomy 19:12-13
19:12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger
to die.
19:13 You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent
from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
Deuteronomy 21:8-9
21:8 Do not blame
your people Israel whom you redeemed, O
Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person.”
Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.
21:9 In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before
the
Lord.
Deuteronomy 21:2
21:2 your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.
Deuteronomy 9:26
9:26 I prayed to him:
O, Lord
God,
do not destroy your people, your valued property
that you have powerfully redeemed,
whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength.
Proverbs 28:17
28:17 The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit;
let no one support him.
Acts 28:4
28:4 When the local people
saw the creature hanging from Paul’s
hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself
has not allowed him to live!”