Children of Israel

"For this reason did We prescribe to the children of Israel that whoever slays a soul, unless it be for manslaughter or for mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men; and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men; and certainly Our apostles came to them with clear arguments, but  even after that many of them certainly act extravagantly in the land."

 ---The Holy Quran Chapter 5, Verse 32.