Genesis 9:6

God's Covenant with Noah

⁶ Whoever _j sheds man's blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
_k For in the image of God
He made man.

1. Cross References
   Exodus 21:12 - 14
   He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
   Leviticus 24:17
   Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.
   Numbers 35:33
   So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
   Matthew 26:52
   But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 1:26
   Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
   Genesis 1:27
   So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.