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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

TO KILL OR NOT TO MURDER

 

lo’ tirtsakh Ex20:13

 

THAT IS THE QUESTION?...AND IT IS NEVER THE SAME

 

KILL OR BE KILL   ABORTION   DEATH PENALTY

 

THE IMAGE OF GOD Ge9:6

 

DEVIL,Jn8:44


I ACCIDENTALLY STAB THE PERSON IS DIFFERENT FROM I KILLED THE PERSON IN SELF DEFENSE

 

DON JUVARIN VD MURDER

 





THIS IS A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER. KING JAMES VERSION AND SOME FEWER BIBLE LIKE RSV, NAB, ASV, CEB, JB, and NJB   SAYS ”THOU SHALT NOT KILL”.

 

BUT A LOT OF OTHER VERSIONS AND TRANSLATIONS LIKE NIV, TNIV, ESV, NKJV, NRSV, NASB, NET, and NLT  SAYS ”YOU SHALL NOT MURDER” OR “YOU SHALL DO NO MURDER”(LITERALLY) 

 

SO WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?

 

THE ANSWER IS BOTH ARE CORRECT BUT ONLY ONE IS TO BE USED…AND IT LIES IN THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE (CON)TEXT AND THE MESSAGE OF IT

 

READ THE ARTICLES

 

KILL


WHAT DOES THOU SHALL NOT KILL MEAN


Thou Shalt Not Kill or You Shall Not Murder_ - Trinitarian Bible Society


Thou Shalt Not Kill - Military Christian Fellowship of Australia


The Sixth Commandment - _Thou Shalt Not Kill_


Does _Thou Shalt Not Kill_ Command Only Apply to Murder_ Verse Meaning Explained _ Bible Study Tools


Do Not Kill - ReligionFacts


6th Commandment_ Do Not Kill


“You Shall not Kill” or “You Shall not Murder”_ The Meaning of Ratsakh in the Sixth Commandment _ Biblical Research Institute


 

MURDER

 

 You Shall Not Kill


Thou Shalt Not Kill_ What Does It Really Mean_ _


The Sixth Commandment_ Thou Shalt not Murder - The Living Church


The Sixth Commandment - Thou Shalt Not Kill (Murder) - TPF


The 10 Commandments Series _ # 6 You Shall Not Murder · Knowing Jesus Ministries


Murder_ Sixth Commandment


Did God Mean “Thou Shalt Not Kill”_ — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY


“Thou shalt not kill” vs. “Thou shalt not murder” _ Andrew Holt, Ph.D.


_Thou shalt do no murder_


 

NOW THAT YOU’RE CONFUSED BY READING THESE ARTICLES…  


WHAT YOU DIDN’T READ MOST OF IT  OR READ LEAST OF IT

 

YUP…IF YOU’RE LIKE ME….LET’S GET TO THE BOTTOM…CONGRATULATIONS …YOU’VE REACH THE BOTTOM… LET’S GO

 

WHAT MOSES HEARD IS

 


 

"THOU SHALT NOT MURDER"

 

AND THAT’S CORRECT

 

ALLOWED TO KILL

 



Ancient Israelites, under the Old Covenant, as punishment for certain sins,for example,murder (Exo21:12-14,Lev24:17,21) and adultery (Lev20:10,Dt22:22-24)



waging war(Dt9:4-5;20:1-20).



SLAYER,CITY OF REFUGE UNINTENTIONAL KILLER (Ex23:7Nu35:9-34Dt4,19,21Js20)



leave a city of refuge (Num 35:27, 30)

 

BUT FOR CHRISTIANS IT A DIFFERENT THING

 





JESUS,Mt5:21-26

 











PROBLEM ARISES WHEN NOBODY KNOWS WHETHER CERTAIN RULES ARE FOR ISRAELITES OR FOR THE GENTILES(FOREIGNERS,STRANGERS ,NATIONS) OR BE APPLICABLE TO BOTH…AND ALSO CONCERNING OLD TIMES AND MODERN TIMES AND SITUATIONS

 






TERMINOLOGY

 


HEBREW

 

רצח (ratsach/ratzach) (pronounced “raw-tsakh’”). ,

                           ‘to commit murder’(NARROW)

                          ‘to kill’, ‘to slay’(broader)  Ex20:13

 







OTHERS  BOTH HUMANS AND ANIMALS

 

h-r-g  JEWISH STYLE=UNAUTHORIZED TAKING OF A LIFE,Ge4:8

 

MUT=DYING NATURALLY AND PUT SOMEONE TO DEATH,Ex1:16

 

n-k-h=to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill,Ex2:11-12

 

QATAL,Jb13:15;24:14 Ps139:19 Obad1:9

 










A MORE DESCRIPTIVE

 

Hofek dam=SHEDDING A BLOOD,Ge9:5-6

 

Tabach or shachat=SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS

 



 


GREEK

 

φονεύω (phoneuó), KILL…CLOSELY MATCH

 






BASICALLY…YOU CANNOT KILL…IF GOD HIMSELF DID NOT COMMAND YOU TO KILL



YOUR GOD IS THE GOD OF THE LIVING(Ps42:2) AND NOT OF CONFUSION(1 Co14:33)…WHO CREATES LIFE…PLANTS, ANIMALS AND MAN…AND ONLY HE THAT PERMITS YOU TO DO SO….



WITH ALL THOSE PROHIBITIONS AND ALLOWANCES…SOME MIGHT THINK HE CAN DO EVERYTHING OR NOT AT ALL



EVENTUALLY THE ISRAELITES WILL UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THIS



HAVE YOU NOTICE?! THAT SOME ARTICLES ARE FOR FOR LICENSE TO KILL INSTEAD OF SAVING, RENEWING LIVES



SO WHAT IS THE COMMAND FOR THE ISRAELITES AND FOR CHRISTIANS AND FOR BOTH



THOU SHALT NOT KILL Ex20:13





JEALOUSY ISRAEL

 


Deuteronomy 32:20-22 King James Version


20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.


Romans 11:10-12 King James Version


10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?



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Isaiah 41:21 King James Version


21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.



John 1:17 King James Version

17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.



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