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Scripture Analysis

Genesis 9:5

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I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.

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Contradictions (1)

Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • Should the blood-shedder be put to death?

    Genesis 9:5-6 lays down the Noahide blood-vengeance principle: whoever sheds human blood, by man shall his blood be shed, because humans are made in God's image. This is presented as a universal post-flood law.

    Critical scholarship: Leans toward a genuine contradiction.

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