Genesis 9:5 · KJV
“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.”
— Genesis 9:5
But flesh with the life thereof, {which is} the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Genesis 9 — Context
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4But flesh with the life thereof, {which is} the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5And 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.
6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
Cross References
Exodus 21:28-29
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox {shall be} quit.
Exodus 21:12
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Genesis 4:9-10
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where {is} Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: {Am} I my brother's keeper?
Psalms 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. {humble: or, afflicted}
Numbers 35:31-33
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which {is} guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. {guilty...: Heb. faulty to die}
Exodus 20:13
Thou shalt not kill.
Matthew 23:35
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Deuteronomy 21:1-9
If {one} be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, {and} it be not known who hath slain him: