Verse 5

And surely{H389} your blood{H1818} of your lives{H5315} will I require{H1875}{(H8799)}; at the hand{H3027} of every beast{H2416} will I require it{H1875}{(H8799)}, and at the hand{H3027} of man{H120}; at the hand{H3027} of every man's{H376} brother{H251} will I require{H1875}{(H8799)} the life{H5315} of man{H120}.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:28-29 : 28 If an ox{H7794} gore{H5055}{(H8799)} a man{H376} or a woman{H802}, that they die{H4191}{(H8804)}: then the ox{H7794} shall be surely{H5619}{(H8800)} stoned{H5619}{(H8735)}, and his flesh{H1320} shall not be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}; but the owner{H1167} of the ox{H7794} shall be quit{H5355}. 29 But if the ox{H7794} were wont to push with his horn{H5056} in time past{H8543}{H8032}, and it hath been testified{H5749}{(H8717)} to his owner{H1167}, and he hath not kept{H8104}{(H8799)} him in, but that he hath killed{H4191}{(H8689)} a man{H376} or a woman{H802}; the ox{H7794} shall be stoned{H5619}{(H8735)}, and his owner{H1167} also shall be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.
  • Gen 4:9-9 : 9 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Cain{H7014}, Where{H335} is Abel{H1893} thy brother{H251}? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I know{H3045}{(H8804)} not: Am I my brother's{H251} keeper{H8104}{(H8802)}? 10 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, What{H4100} hast thou done{H6213}{(H8804)}? the voice{H6963} of thy brother's{H251} blood{H1818} crieth{H6817}{(H8802)} unto me from the ground{H127}.
  • Exod 21:12 : 12 He that smiteth{H5221}{(H8688)} a man{H376}, so that he die{H4191}{(H8804)}, shall be surely{H4191}{(H8800)} put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Thou shalt not kill{H7523}{(H8799)}.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not go{H3212}{(H8799)} up and down as a talebearer{H7400} among thy people{H5971}: neither shalt thou stand{H5975}{(H8799)} against the blood{H1818} of thy neighbour{H7453}: I am the LORD{H3068}.
  • Num 35:31-33 : 31 Moreover ye shall take{H3947}{(H8799)} no satisfaction{H3724} for the life{H5315} of a murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}, which is guilty{H7563} of death{H4191}{(H8800)}: but he shall be surely{H4191}{(H8800)} put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}. 32 And ye shall take{H3947}{(H8799)} no satisfaction{H3724} for him that is fled{H5127}{(H8800)} to the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, that he should come again{H7725}{(H8800)} to dwell{H3427}{(H8800)} in the land{H776}, until the death{H4194} of the priest{H3548}. 33 So ye shall not pollute{H2610}{(H8686)} the land{H776} wherein ye are: for blood{H1818} it defileth{H2610}{(H8686)} the land{H776}: and the land{H776} cannot be cleansed{H3722}{(H8792)} of the blood{H1818} that is shed{H8210}{(H8795)} therein, but by the blood{H1818} of him that shed{H8210}{(H8802)} it.
  • Deut 21:1-9 : 1 If one be found{H4672}{(H8735)} slain{H2491} in the land{H127} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it, lying{H5307}{(H8802)} in the field{H7704}, and it be not known{H3045}{(H8738)} who hath slain{H5221}{(H8689)} him: 2 Then thy elders{H2205} and thy judges{H8199}{(H8802)} shall come forth{H3318}{(H8804)}, and they shall measure{H4058}{(H8804)} unto the cities{H5892} which are round about{H5439} him that is slain{H2491}: 3 And it shall be, that the city{H5892} which is next{H7138} unto the slain man{H2491}, even the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892} shall take{H3947}{(H8804)} an heifer{H1241}{H5697}, which hath not been wrought with{H5647}{(H8795)}, and which hath not drawn{H4900}{(H8804)} in the yoke{H5923}; 4 And the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892} shall bring down{H3381}{(H8689)} the heifer{H5697} unto a rough{H386} valley{H5158}, which is neither eared{H5647}{(H8735)} nor sown{H2232}{(H8735)}, and shall strike off{H6202} the heifer's{H5697} neck{H6202}{(H8804)} there in the valley{H5158}: 5 And the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878} shall come near{H5066}{(H8738)}; for them the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977}{(H8804)} to minister{H8334}{(H8763)} unto him, and to bless{H1288}{(H8763)} in the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}; and by their word{H6310} shall every controversy{H7379} and every stroke{H5061} be tried: 6 And all the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892}, that are next{H7138} unto the slain{H2491} man, shall wash{H7364}{(H8799)} their hands{H3027} over the heifer{H5697} that is beheaded{H6202}{(H8803)} in the valley{H5158}: 7 And they shall answer{H6030}{(H8804)} and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Our hands{H3027} have not shed{H8210}{(H8804)} this blood{H1818}, neither have our eyes{H5869} seen{H7200}{(H8804)} it. 8 Be merciful{H3722}{(H8761)}, O LORD{H3068}, unto thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, whom thou hast redeemed{H6299}{(H8804)}, and lay{H5414}{(H8799)} not innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} unto thy people{H5971} of Israel's{H3478} charge{H7130}. And the blood{H1818} shall be forgiven{H3722}{(H8694)} them. 9 So shalt thou put away{H1197}{(H8762)} the guilt of innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} from among{H7130} you, when thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8799)} that which is right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 When he maketh inquisition{H1875}{(H8802)} for blood{H1818}, he remembereth{H2142}{(H8804)} them: he forgetteth{H7911}{(H8804)} not the cry{H6818} of the humble{H6035}{(H8675)}{H6041}.
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 That{G3704} upon{G1909} you{G5209} may come{G2064}{(G5632)} all{G3956} the righteous{G1342} blood{G129} shed{G1632}{(G5746)} upon{G1909} the earth{G1093}, from{G575} the blood{G129} of righteous{G1342} Abel{G6} unto{G2193} the blood{G129} of Zacharias{G2197} son{G5207} of Barachias{G914}, whom{G3739} ye slew{G5407}{(G5656)} between{G3342} the temple{G3485} and{G2532} the altar{G2379}.
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 And{G5037} hath made{G4160}{(G5656)} of{G1537} one{G1520} blood{G129} all{G3956} nations{G1484} of men{G444} for to dwell{G2730}{(G5721)} on{G1909} all{G3956} the face{G4383} of the earth{G1093}, and hath determined{G3724}{(G5660)} the times{G2540} before appointed{G4384}{(G5772)}, and{G2532} the bounds{G3734} of their{G846} habitation{G2733};