DEUTERONOMY 19:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.”
Show no pity; you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you — the prohibition of compassion for the murderer and the mandate to purge (biaret) the bloodguilt reflects the belief that premeditated murder pollutes the land until the killer is executed, making execution an act of covenant restoration.
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