Then the king commanded him: “Do as he has said—strike him down. Then bury him. So you will remove the blood that Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.
Deuteronomy 19:10 - Tree of Life Version Then innocent blood will not be shed within your land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance, and there would be blood upon you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Lest innocent blood be shed in your land, which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and so blood guilt be upon you. American Standard Version (1901) that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. Common English Bible Innocent blood must not be spilled in the land the LORD your God is giving to you as an inheritance, or it will be bloodshed that will be required of you. Catholic Public Domain Version So may innocent blood not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord your God will give you to possess, lest you be guilty of blood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That innocent blood may not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord thy God will give thee to possess: lest thou be guilty of blood. |
Then the king commanded him: “Do as he has said—strike him down. Then bury him. So you will remove the blood that Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.
Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood until he filled Jerusalem with blood from one end to another—in addition to his sin which he made Judah sin, in doing what was evil in Adonai’s eyes.
and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed—for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood that Adonai was not willing to pardon.
They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
Their feet run after evil. They rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Violence and ruin are on their highways.
So they cried to Adonai and said, “Please, Adonai, don’t let us perish on account of the soul of this man and don’t put innocent blood on us. For you, Adonai, have done as you pleased.”
You are not to pollute the land in which you are. Blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for land polluted by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who sheds it.
Your eye should not pity him, but you must purge the innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
“Now when you enter the land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it,
“Furthermore Adonai was angry with me because of your words, and He swore that I would not cross over the Jordan or enter the good land that Adonai your God is giving you for an inheritance.
For he put his life in his hand and killed the Philistine, and Adonai won a great victory for all Israel—you saw it and rejoiced. So why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David without a cause?”