Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 28:17
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Proverbs28:17
17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person , shall flee to the pit , let no man stay him .
That sheddeth any mans Blood, or taketh away his Life unjustly.
Shall speedily be destroyed, being pursued by divine Vengeance▪ and the Horrours of a guilty Conscience, and the Avengers of Blood.
So it is a prohibition that no man should endeavour to save the Life of a wilful Murderer, either by intercession, or by offering satisfaction, or any other way. Of which see Gen. 9. 6. Exod. 21. 14. Numb. 35. 31. Or, as the ancient and many other Interpreters render it, no man shall stay him: None shall desire or endeavour to save him from his deserved punishment: He shall die without pity, being an object of publick hatred.
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