1004. Genesis 9:5. "And assuredly the blood of your souls I will seek; at the hand of every wild animal I will seek it, and at the hand of a human — at the hand of a man, [the victim's] brother — I will seek that person's soul."
Seeking the blood of your souls means that the violence inflicted on charity will inevitably punish itself, your blood meaning violence, and souls meaning those who inflict the violence. At the hand of every wild animal means by everything inside a violent person. At the hand of a human means by everything in that person's will. At the hand of a man, one's brother, means by everything in the person's intellect. To seek a person's soul means to avenge profanation.
