If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
This agrees with that ancient law, Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed (Gen 9:6), and proclaims, 1. The doom of the shedder of blood. He that has committed murder, though he flees for his life, shall be continually haunted with terrors, shall himself flee to the pit, betray himself, and torment himself, like Cain, who, when he had killed his...
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person,.... That sheds the blood of any in a violent manner; that lays violent hands upon a club, and takes away his life, contrary to the law in Gen 9:6.
doeth violence . . . blood, &c.--or, that is oppressed by the blood of life (Gen 9:6), which he has taken. to the pit--the grave or destruction (Pro 1:12; Job 33:18-24; Psa 143:7). stay him--sustain or deliver him.