17A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. …
And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17)This agrees with that ancient law, Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed (Gen. 9:6), and proclaims, 1. The doom of the shedder of blood. He that has committed murder, though he flees for his life, shall be continually haunted with terrors, shall himself flee to the pit , betray himself, and torment himself, like Cain, who, when he had killed his brother, became a fugitive and…
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