Deuteronomy 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.
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- Deut 13:18 : 18 Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.
- Deut 19:12-13 : 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. 13 You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
- 2 Kgs 10:30-31 : 30 The LORD said to Jehu,“You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” 31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the LORD God of Israel. He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.
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- Deut 19:12-132 verses84%
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.
13 You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
- Deut 21:6-83 verses84%
6 and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
7 Then they must proclaim,“Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.
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.
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10 You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.
- Deut 19:19-213 verses75%
19 you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
20 The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.
21 You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
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7 Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.
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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.
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3 The LORD says,“Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.
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31 The king told him,“Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.
- Deut 13:8-92 verses72%
8 You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.
9 Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.
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7 The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
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4 Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the LORD was unwilling to forgive them.
- Deut 6:18-192 verses71%
18 Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,
19 and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the LORD said.
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10 Laws Concerning Wives When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the LORD your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,
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3 You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the LORD your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.
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20 You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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21 They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.
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5 You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.
6 Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
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16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
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19 Purification After Battle“Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
- Deut 21:1-22 verses69%
1 Laws Concerning Unsolved Murder 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,
2 your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.
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19 The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.
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17 But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.
- Deut 13:17-182 verses69%
17 You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the LORD will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.
18 Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.
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19 Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
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10 Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you(whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the LORD. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues, but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.
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5 He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the LORD gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”
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5 “Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,
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11 Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
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25 You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.
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19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death– we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.
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16 Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!
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11 Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?”
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25 ‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,
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24 then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.
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9 But now don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; make sure he has a bloody death.”
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31 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.
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4 Do not think to yourself after the LORD your God has driven them out before you,“Because of my own righteousness the LORD has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.
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29 So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.