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Whoever sheds man`s blood, by man will his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.
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The Mandate for Government
Commentators unanimously identify this verse as the foundational principle for civil government's authority to punish murder. God delegates the 'sword' of justice to humanity ('by man shall his blood be shed'), establishing a mandate for legal systems to protect life. This is not a call for personal revenge, but for organized, societal justice.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
2. מורא môrā' — “fear, reverence, awful deed.” חת chat — “dread, breaking of the courage.”
Noah is saved…
19th Century
Anglican
By man ... — This penalty of life for life is not to be left to natural law, but man himself, in such a manner and under such safe…
16th Century
Protestant
Concerning the scriptural declaration, Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, the accompanying phrase “in man” serves to amplify its meaning. Some ex…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed , &c.]
That is, he that is guilty of wilful murder…
The main reason for forbidding the eating of blood was undoubtedly because the shedding of blood in sacrifices was to remind worshippers of the gre…
