Bible Cross References
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Genesis 9:6
Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.
Exodus 21:14
But when someone gets angry and deliberately kills someone else, he is to be put to death, even if he has run to my altar for safety.
Numbers 35:14-34
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three east of the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan.
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These will serve as cities of refuge for Israelites and for foreigners who are temporary or permanent residents. Anyone who kills someone accidentally can escape to one of them.
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"If, however, any of you use a weapon of iron or stone or wood to kill someone, you are guilty of murder and are to be put to death.
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The dead person's nearest relative has the responsibility for putting the murderer to death. When he finds you, he is to kill you.
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"If you hate someone and kill him by pushing him down or by throwing something at him
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or by striking him with your fist, you are guilty of murder and are to be put to death. The dead person's nearest relative has the responsibility for putting the murderer to death. When he finds you, he is to kill you.
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"But suppose you accidentally kill someone you do not hate, whether by pushing him down or by throwing something at him.
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Or suppose that, without looking, you throw a stone that kills someone whom you did not intend to hurt and who was not your enemy.
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In such cases the community shall judge in your favor and not in favor of the dead person's relative who is seeking revenge.
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You are guilty only of manslaughter, and the community is to rescue you from the dead person's relative, and they are to return you to the city of refuge to which you had escaped. You must live there until the death of the man who is then High Priest.
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If you leave the city of refuge to which you have escaped
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and if the dead person's relative finds you and kills you, this act of revenge is not murder.
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Any of you guilty of manslaughter must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the High Priest, but after that you may return home.
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These rules apply to you and your descendants wherever you may live.
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"Those accused of murder may be found guilty and put to death only on the evidence of two or more witnesses; the evidence of one witness is not sufficient to support an accusation of murder.
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Murderers must be put to death. They cannot escape this penalty by the payment of money.
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If they have fled to a city of refuge, do not allow them to make a payment in order to return home before the death of the High Priest.
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If you did this, you would defile the land where you are living. Murder defiles the land, and except by the death of the murderer there is no way to perform the ritual of purification for the land where someone has been murdered.
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Do not defile the land where you are living, because I am the LORD and I live among the people of Israel."
1 Kings 21:19
Tell him that I, the LORD, say to him, 'After murdering the man, are you taking over his property as well?' Tell him that this is what I say: 'In the very place that the dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will lick up your blood!' "
1 Kings 21:23
And concerning Jezebel, the LORD says that dogs will eat her body in the city of Jezreel.
2 Kings 9:26
'I saw the murder of Naboth and his sons yesterday. And I promise that I will punish you here in this same field.' So take Joram's body," Jehu ordered his aide, "and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth, so as to fulfill the LORD's promise."
2 Chronicles 24:21-25
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King Joash joined in a conspiracy against Zechariah, and on the king's orders the people stoned Zechariah in the Temple courtyard.
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The king forgot about the loyal service that Zechariah's father Jehoiada had given him, and he had Zechariah killed. As Zechariah was dying, he called out, "May the LORD see what you are doing and punish you!"
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When autumn came that year, the Syrian army attacked Judah and Jerusalem, killed all the leaders, and took large amounts of loot back to Damascus.
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The Syrian army was small, but the LORD let them defeat a much larger Judean army because the people had abandoned him, the LORD God of their ancestors. In this way King Joash was punished.
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He was severely wounded, and when the enemy withdrew, two of his officials plotted against him and killed him in his bed to avenge the murder of the son of Jehoiada the priest. He was buried in David's City, but not in the royal tombs.
Matthew 27:4
"I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!" he said. "What do we care about that?" they answered. "That is your business!"
Matthew 27:5
Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.
Acts 28:4
The natives saw the snake hanging on Paul's hand and said to one another, "This man must be a murderer, but Fate will not let him live, even though he escaped from the sea."