Genesis 9:6 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 6 Anyone shedding man’s blood, by man will his own blood be shed,+ for in God’s image He made man.+ Exodus 21:12 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 12 “Anyone who strikes a man so that he dies must be put to death.+ Numbers 35:16 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 16 “‘But if he struck him with an iron instrument and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer should be put to death without fail.+ Deuteronomy 27:24 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 24 “‘Cursed is the one who ambushes and kills his neighbor.’+ (And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’)
16 “‘But if he struck him with an iron instrument and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer should be put to death without fail.+