Exodus 21:12
Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
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- Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Leviticus 24:17 And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
- Numbers 35:30–31 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.