A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person, that sheddeth any man's blood, or taketh away his life unjustly, shall flee to the pit; shall speedily be destroyed, being pursued by Divine vengeance, and the horrors of a guilty conscience, and the avengers of blood. Let no man stay him: so it is a prohibition that no man should endeavour to save the life of a wilful murderer, either by intercession, or by offering satisfaction, or any other way; of which see Genesis 9:6 Exodus 21:14 Numbers 35:31. Or, as the ancient and many other interpreters render it, no man shall stay him; none shall desire or endeavour to save him from his deserved punishment; he shall die without pity, being an object of public hatred.
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Proverbs 28:17
17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.