Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, 'Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!' So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband's name or posterity on the earth." Cross References Matthew 21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.' Numbers 35:19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him. Deuteronomy 19:12 the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die. Deuteronomy 19:13 You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you. 2 Samuel 14:6 And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. 2 Samuel 14:8 "Go home," the king said to the woman, "and I will give orders on your behalf." Treasury of Scripture And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the earth. the whole Genesis 4:14 Numbers 35:19 Deuteronomy 19:12 so they Genesis 27:45 Deuteronomy 25:6 quench 2 Samuel 12:17 |