Deuteronomy 22:8
When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.
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- Exodus 21:28–30 “If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible. But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and this has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death. If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed.
- 2 Samuel 11:2 At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
- Isaiah 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?