Bible Cross References
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Numbers 35:22-24
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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.
Deuteronomy 19:11-13
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"But suppose you deliberately murder your enemy in cold blood and then escape to one of those cities for protection.
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In that case, the leaders of your own town are to send for you and hand you over to the relative responsible for taking revenge for the murder, so that you may be put to death.
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No mercy will be shown to you. Israel must rid itself of murderers, so that all will go well.
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Numbers 35:30-33
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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.
32
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.
Genesis 9:5
If anyone takes human life, he will be punished. I will punish with death any animal that takes a human life.
Genesis 9:6
Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.
Exodus 21:12-14
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"Whoever hits someone and kills him is to be put to death.
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But if it was an accident and he did not mean to kill him, he can escape to a place which I will choose for you, and there he will be safe.
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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.
Leviticus 24:17
"Any who commit murder shall be put to death,