“If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things
“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
They cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.
“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,
And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
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