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Genesis 9:6

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Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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The surrounding passage

  1. Genesis 9:4

    But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

  2. Genesis 9:5

    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.

  3. Genesis 9:7

    And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

  4. Genesis 9:8

    And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

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