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nor tear away the member of a creature while it was yet alive, and eat that.
(4.) That during the continuance of the law of sacrifices, in which the blood made atonement for the soul (Le 17:11), signifying that the life of the sacrifice was accepted for the life of the sinner, blood must not be looked upon as a common thing, but must be poured out before the Lord (2Sa 23:16), either upon his altar or upon his earth. But, now that the great and true sacrifice has been offered, the obligation of the law ceases with the reason of it.
5 And surely your blood of 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 the life of man.
1. Man must not take away his own life: Your blood of your lives will I require, Ge 9:5. Our lives are not so our own as that we may quit them at our own pleasure, but they are God's and we must resign them at his pleasure; if we in any way hasten our own deaths, we are accountable to God for it.
2. The beasts must not be suffered to hurt the life of man: At the hand of every beast will I require it. To show how tender God was of the life of man, though he had lately made such destruction of lives, he will have the beast put to death that kills a man. This was confirmed by the law of Moses (Ex 21:28), and I think it would not be unsafe to observe it still. Thus God showed his hatred of the sin of murder, that men might hate it the more, and not only punish, but prevent it. And see Job 5:23.
3. Willful murderers must be put to death. This is the sin which is here designed to be restrained by the terror of punishment
(1.) God will punish murderers: At the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man, that is, "I will avenge the blood of the murdered upon the murderer." 2Ch 24:22.