Genesis 9:5
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall all of you not eat.
6Whoso sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Cross References
Genesis 42:22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and all of you would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
Exodus 21:12He that strikes a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Leviticus 19:16You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbour; I am the LORD.
Leviticus 24:21And he that kills a beast, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death.
Numbers 35:17And if he strike him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:21Or in enmity strike him with his hand, that he die: he that stroke him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meet him.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:2-8
Blessing of Noah and His Sons. ( b. c. 2348.) 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life… Read the whole commentary →