| Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - 1850 - 584 pages
...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...life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed ; for in the image of Elohim made he man/' And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply... | |
| Blaise Pascal - 1850 - 408 pages
...are descended. On that renovation of the world, God said to the patriarch : " At the hand of man, and at the hand of every man's brother, will I require...life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed ; for man is made in the image of God." (Gen. ix. 5, 6.) This general prohibition... | |
| Charles Holland - 1851 - 308 pages
...nation. We have seen it was given to mankind in general, when it was declared to Noah, as God's law, "At the hand of every man's brother will I require...shall his blood be shed ; for in the image of God made he man." (Gen. ix. 5,6.) It is indeed a solemn thing to take away a wicked man's life from him, leaving... | |
| 1851 - 588 pages
...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...shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man." — (Gen. ix. 2, 5, 6.) Whatever may be thought of capital punishments, as fitted for these... | |
| Brooks Adams - 1919 - 552 pages
...among the Hebrews at a very early period; "And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: ... at the hand of every man's brother will I require...life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." l These customs and the type of thought which sustain them are very tenacious and... | |
| James George Frazer - 1923 - 532 pages
...part of the general law of blood-revenge which was revealed by God to Noah after the great flood : " And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will...life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." The principle of blood-revenge has been carried out in the same rigorous manner... | |
| 1925 - 682 pages
...will I require; at the hand of every beast will 1 require it and at the hand of man will I require it; at the hand of every man's brother will I require...shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made He man." (Gen. 9: 5-6). This settles the question of capital punishment for all time; for this ordinance... | |
| Robert Henry Charles - 1923 - 440 pages
...in the Old Testament. The Commandment, " Thou shalt do no murder," is based on the inherent dignity of man. " Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made He man." Human nature, even in its earliest stages, is in some degree a reflection of the Divine. Where... | |
| Elizabeth Czarnomska - 1928 - 606 pages
...the green herb have I given you all. Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood, the blood...life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of Elohim did He make you. And you, be ye fruitful and multiply;... | |
| Carleton Eldredge Noyes - 1924 - 470 pages
...By the same token, based in the same concept, the exaction of blood-revenge is the supreme coercion. "At the hand of every man's brother, will I require...life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." The ordinance of Yahweh but echoes ineluctable desert custom. Because of the reality... | |
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