Back to THE TORAH CONNECTION Table of Contents<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nExodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nExo 21:12-14 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nExo 21:20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nExo 21:22, 23 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart <\/span><\/span><\/span>from her,<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges <\/span><\/span><\/span>determine. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>And if <\/span><\/span><\/span>any <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 19:17, 18 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 24:17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 24:21 . . . and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nNum 35:16-21, 30-34 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is<\/i> a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is<\/i> a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Or if<\/i> he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is<\/i> a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him<\/i> shall surely be put to death; for<\/i> he is<\/i> a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. . . . 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<\/i> to die. Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is<\/i> guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are:<\/i> for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 5:17 Thou shalt not kill. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 19:11-13 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of<\/i> innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMurder in Bible history–<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGen 4:3-8 Cain killed Abel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGen 9:5, 6 God established capital punishment for murder<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGen 34:24-26 Simeon and Levi killed the Shechemites for raping their sister<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nExo 2:11, 12 Moses killed an Egyptian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJdg 9:1-24 Gideon’s son Abimelech killed his seventy brothers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1Sa 22:13-19 Saul had Doeg kill all the priests of Nob and their families and animals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2Sa 3:22-39 Joab killed Abner<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2Sa 4:5-7 Rechab and Baanah killed Ish-bosheth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2Sa 11:14-17; 12:9, 10 David had Uriah killed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2Sa 13:20-29 Absalom had Amnon killed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1Ki 21:7-14 Jezebel had Naboth killed so Ahab could get his land<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2Ki 21:16 Manasseh shed much innocent blood<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2Ch 24:20-22 Joash had Zechariah killed for rebuking him<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMat 23:34-38 Jesus said the scribes and Pharisees were held guilty of all murders from Abel to Zacharias<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMat 27; Mar 14, 15; Luk 22, 23; Joh 18, 19 Jesus was murdered by the Jewish leaders<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAct 7 Stephen was murdered by the Jewish council<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPro 1:10-19 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. <\/span><\/span><\/span>If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. And they lay wait for their <\/span><\/span><\/span>own<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> blood; they lurk privily for their <\/span><\/span><\/span>own<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> lives. So <\/span><\/span><\/span>are<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; <\/span><\/span><\/span>which<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> taketh away the life of the owners thereof.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPro 6:16, 17 These six <\/span><\/span><\/span>things<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> doth the LORD hate: yea, seven <\/span><\/span><\/span>are<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> an abomination unto him: . . . <\/span><\/span><\/span>hands that shed innocent blood, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEze 22:3, 4 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even<\/i> unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEze 22:12, 13 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMic 7:2 The good <\/span><\/span><\/span>man<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> is perished out of the earth: and <\/span><\/span><\/span>there is<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMat 5:21, 22 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you<\/i> in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1Ti 1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1Jn 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n All acts of injustice that tend to shorten life; the spirit of hatred and revenge, or the indulgence of any passion that leads to injurious acts toward others, or causes us even to wish them harm (for “whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer”); a selfish neglect of caring for the needy or suffering; all self-indulgence or unnecessary deprivation or excessive labor that tends to injure health–all these are, to a greater or less degree, violations of the sixth commandment. <\/i> PP 308<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Through Moses the Lord had said, “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart. . . . Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Leviticus 19:17, 18. The truths which Christ presented were the same that had been taught by the prophets, but they had become obscured through hardness of heart and love of sin. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Saviour’s words revealed to His hearers the fact that, while they were condemning others as transgressors, they were themselves equally guilty; for they were cherishing malice and hatred. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Across the sea from the place where they were assembled was the country of Bashan, a lonely region, whose wild gorges and wooded hills had long been a favorite lurking ground for criminals of all descriptions. Reports of robbery and murder committed there were fresh in the minds of the people, and many were zealous in denouncing these evildoers. At the same time they were themselves passionate and contentious; they cherished the most bitter hatred of their Roman oppressors and felt themselves at liberty to hate and despise all other peoples, and even their own countrymen who did not in all things conform to their ideas. In all this they were violating the law which declares, “Thou shalt not kill.” <\/i> MB 55, 56<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n