Exodus 21:14

“Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.

‘But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

‘And if he pushed him of hatred or threw something at him lying in wait and as a result he died,

And it was told to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall upon him.”

And the king said to him, “Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab shed without cause.

A man oppressed with the bloodguilt of life Will flee until death; let no one uphold him.

“I gave them My statutes and made them know My judgments, which, if a man does them, he will live by them.