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17 Bible Verses About Killing

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  • The commandment in Exodus 20:13 uses the Hebrew verb ratsach, which Strong’s defines as “to murder, to slay, to kill”; the NIV renders it “You shall not murder”.
  • The law of Moses separates deliberate killing from accidental death (Exodus 21:12-14) and gives the accidental killer a city of refuge and a trial (Numbers 35).
  • Exodus 22:2-3 clears a defender who strikes a burglar at night but not one who does so after sunrise.
  • Deuteronomy 20:16-17 and 1 Samuel 15:3 command the destruction of named peoples in war, and Saul loses his kingship for sparing King Agag.
  • Jesus applies the judgment on murder to anger (Matthew 5:21-22), and 1 John 3:15 calls anyone who hates a brother or sister a murderer.

The Bible forbids murder, and the law of Moses punishes it with death while separating it from accidental killing and from killing in war. God tells Noah that whoever sheds human blood will have their blood shed by humans, “for in the image of God has God made mankind” (Genesis 9:6). The commandment itself is Exodus 20:13. Its Hebrew verb is ratsach, which Strong’s defines as “to murder, to slay, to kill”, and the NIV translates the commandment “You shall…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 7523, רָצַח (ratsach): to murder, to slay, to kill. biblehub.com/hebrew/7523

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part Three, The Fifth Commandment, paragraphs 2262, 2263 and 2267. vatican.va

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2308 on lawful self-defense by governments. vatican.va

Holy See Press Office, 2 August 2018. New revision of number 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the death penalty. press.vatican.va

Mennonite Church USA. Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, Article 22, Peace, Justice, and Nonresistance. mennoniteusa.org

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