Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Deuteronomy 19:13
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You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
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Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away [the guilt of] innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
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Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.
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Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
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Deuteronomy 19
11 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
12 the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
13 You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
14 You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
15 A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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