 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1841 - 628 pages
...the land wherein ye VOL. т — N. g. 6 are; for blood it defileth the land, and the land cannot he cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it." And Lev. xxiv. 15. Yet because these murderers, blasphemers, idolaters, adulterers, &c. could not have... | |
 | James Fisher - Westminster Assembly - 1831 - 408 pages
...murderer, which is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. For blood defileth the land; and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it." Q. 12. What other crimes are punishable with death by the laws of God and man? A. Among several others,... | |
 | Lucretia Chapman - Arsenic - 1832 - 228 pages
...entertain as to the propriety of capital punishment. The law of your Creator tells you, that "ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who...shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it." In this case it is the blood of a husband — of a father — which has been shed — and shed too... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...put to death. So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are, for blood it defileth the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Numb, xxxv. 31. 33. Every man's brother, &C.] And ( God) hath made of one blood all nations of men... | |
 | James Peggs - Ethics - 1832 - 550 pages
...xxxv. 33 : — " So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are ; for blood it dejileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein but by the blood of him that shed it." " The connivance of our Government in the burning of widows, and in human sacrifices, and in other... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1832 - 330 pages
...which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death. For blood it defileth the land; and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 5 Woe unto them that shed the blood of war in peace ; and that condemn and kill the just, and he doth... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 684 pages
...death of the priest. So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for BLOOD DEFILETH THE LAND, AND THE LAND CANNOT BE CLEANSED OF THE BLOOD THAT IS SHED THEREIN, BUT BY THE BLOOD OF HIM THAT SHED IT." In the remarks that we shall have occasion to make on this ordinance, we must of necessity be more... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - Constitutional history - 1835 - 810 pages
...the Mosaical law are very emphatic*! in prohibiting the pardon of murderers : " Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer who...shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it."* With regard to the particular mode of punishment which may be thought best calculated to defend every... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...xxxv. " Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, but he shall surely be put to death : the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it." This is so spoken as that which concerned all Israel, not one man alone, to see performed ; and if... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 704 pages
...blood be shed,") ave very emphatical in prohibiting the pardon of murderers (q). " Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who...prosecution, (that by appeal, of which hereafter) (29), wherein the king himself is excluded the power of pardoning murder : so that, were the king of... | |
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So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 
