Genesis 9:5-6

God's Covenant with Noah

⁵ And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: _v from every beast I will require it and _w from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

⁶ _x "Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
_y for God made man in his own image.

1. Cross References
   Exodus 21:28
   When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 4:10 - 11
   And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 21:12
   Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be ...
   Exodus 21:14
   But if a man willfully attacks another to kill ...
   Leviticus 24:17
   Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put ...
   Numbers 35:31
   Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the li...
   Numbers 35:33
   You shall not pollute the land in which you liv...
   Matthew 26:52
   Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in...
   Revelation 13:10
   If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity ...
   
4. Cross References
   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.
   Genesis 5:1
   This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
   James 3:9
   With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.