When does God condone killing?
Despite the OT Commandments "thou shalt not kill", God seems to have condoned killing, as in the battle of David versus Goliath, where David is presumed to have Gods Blessing. In the NT, while Jesus does not directly speak out on one person killing another, He does caution "Live by the sword, Die by the sword" and "turn the other cheek".
Under what conditions do you think God would consider one person taking the life of another exempt from the commandment "Thou shalt not kill"? Consider the following situations: A soldier in battle; A policeman on duty; A father defending his family from intruders; A woman defending herself in an attempted rape.
posted by Santeeman @ 11:30 PM
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Josh 10:40
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
KJV
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Where does God condone murder? . . . Look at Numbers 35::16-21.
Numbers 23 deals with spelling out the crime of murder and then laying the ground rules for revenge killing. It is very clear that thoughtless killing or killing in unarmed combat is considered murder.
The misnomer is that "murder" in Exodus is the Hebrew רצח (retzach), a term for killing used in the Bible in cases of criminal homicide. This is clearly different from Joshua 10:40's combat killings.
kill means premeditated, which would not apply to self defense, (police officer) or defense of another (police officer or soldier)
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