11/22/2023 0 Comments Commandments thou shalt not kill![]() And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.Ģ Sam 4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.Ībsalom orders the unlawful murder of his half-brother Amnon:Ģ Sam 13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.Īthaliah murders all the king's sons except Joash:Ģ Kings 11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. Saul ordered the unlawful murder of the priesthood:ġ Sam 22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: Saul desired to unlawfully murder David:ġ Sam 19:1,2 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. Thirdly, the word muth in Scripture is used to describe murder, and assassination. Please see the booklet called Ministration of Death for a full explanation of this. How could it be possible that God could command things that the Ten Commandments forbids? In short, God could command any form of death in the Scriptures because God seeks to secure the sentence of death in order to give mercy not to kill people. Num 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. ![]() ![]() Secondly, God did command that people who commit ratsach should face the same thing. Num 35:22-25 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, (23) Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: (24) Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: (25) And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.ĭeu 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: Firstly, within the very explanation the writer acknowledges that ratsach not only mean murder but accident death which we call manslaughter. Ī careful examination of the Scripture reveals that this argument is false. But God does not break His own commandments, so, clearly, the verse does not call for a complete moratorium on the taking of another human life. If the intended meaning of “Thou shalt not kill” was just that-no killing-it would render all of the God-endorsed bloodletting done by the nation of Israel a violation of God’s own commandment (Deuteronomy 20). The ever-popular King James Version renders the verse as “Thou shalt not kill,” therefore opening the door to misinterpreting the verse altogether. That is why most modern translations render the sixth commandment “You shall not murder” rather than “You shall not kill.” However, a very large issue can arise depending on which translation one studies. In fact, ratsakh has a broader definition than the English word “murder.” Ratsakh also covers deaths due to carelessness or neglect but is never used when describing killing during wartime. There are two different Hebrew words (ratsakh, mut) and two Greek words (phoneuo, apokteino) for “murder” and “killing.” One means “to put to death,” and the other means “to murder.” The latter one is the one prohibited by the Ten Commandments, not the former. Here is one explanation expressing this point: It is argued that judicial killing is not murder and that the Ten Commandments teach thou shalt not murder.
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