sentences:  The oath of vengeance is related to blood atonement in that both require capital punishment for sins regarded as unusually heinous.In early Mormonism, repentance for crimes such as murder or adultery, where restitution is not possible, involved personal sacrifice in order to make redemption possible through the atonement of Jesus Christ.Blood atonement was preached as a method of personal redemption, preferably voluntary, that could reinstate the possibility of salvation.