"you Shall Not Kill" Exodus 20:13

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please explain the sixth commandment
which states thou shall not kill.

Q. I am studying the 10 commandments. Please explain the sixth commandment "thou shall not kill."

a. The commandment "thou shall not kill" (exodus 20:13; deuteronomy 5:17), is better understood to mean "you shall not homicide," most modern translations of the bible rendered it this way. According to the bible not all killing, the taking of a life, is homicide. homicide is the unlawfully taking of human life. The command not to homicide applies to human beings, not to killing animals or plant life for food. God gave animals to mankind for his use (genesis 1:26-30; 9:1-4). But, this does not mean that humans have the right mistreat animals and the environment (genesis 2:15; deuteronomy 22:6-7; 25:4; proverbs 12:10). Under the old covenant god allowed the israelites to kill other humans under very special circumstances such as punishment for certain sins, for example, homicide (exodus 21:12-14, leviticus 24:17, 21) and adultery (leviticus 20:10, deuteronomy 22:22-24). God also allowed the israelites to engage in warfare and even gave them instructions about waging war (deuteronomy 20:1-20). God also recognized that humans might accidentally kill each other, and he made provisions for this (numbers 35:9-34; deuteronomy 19:1-13).

The primary reason god hates homicide is that out of all creation, only human are made in the image of god (genesis 1:26-27; 9:4-6). Even before the codification of the ten commandments at mount sinai the homicide of other human beings was wrong (genesis 4:8-12; 4:23-24; 9:4-6; exodus 1:16-17). While on earth, jesus spoke out against homicide (matthew 5:21-26; mark 10:17-19). We also see in the writings of paul (romans 1:18, 29-32; 13:8-10; galatians 5:19-21), james (james 2:8-11; 4:1-3), peter (1 peter 4:15-16) and john (revelation 9:20-21; 21:7-8; 22:14-15) that homicide is wrong.

In matthew 5:21-26 jesus amplifies the meaning of the sixth commandment. He brings out that to commit homicide means more then just killing someone, it means having an angry and unforgiving attitude towards them. The apostle john elaborates on this by writing that to hate someone is the same as murdering them (1 john 3:15). homicide like all sin, beginnings in the human mind (matthew 15:18-19; mark 7:20-23) it starts as a thought, in this case hatred, which leads to the action of homicide (james 1:13-15; 4:1-3). The opposite of hating someone is loving them, we should even love our enemies (matthew 5:43-48), seeking not revenge, but looking for ways to help them (romans 12:17-21).

As we have seen, under the old covenant god allowed humans to kill other humans under certain circumstances. But what about today, and those who are now under the new covenant, should we participate in the execution of a homicide or an adulterer? Should christians involve themselves in warfare? I would argue that christians should not participate in such activities because the new covenant is a covenant of life, not of death (2 corinthians 3:4-11). Under the new covenant christians do not execute people for sinning. The most drastic steps anyone can take against an unrepentant christian are withholding brotherly fellowship from him until he repents (1 corinthians 5:9-13; 2 thessalonians 3:14-15); and delivering or handing him over to satan for spiritual correction (1 corinthians 5:1-5; 1 timothy 1:18-20). It is unclear from the scriptures exactly what it means to turn someone over to satan.

Under the new covenant a change occurred. Just as christians are to no longer execute sinners, so they should not wage carnal war, but spiritual warfare (john 18:36; 2 corinthians 10:1-6; ephesians 6:10-18; 1 timothy 1:18-20; 6:11-14; 2 timothy 2:3-5; 4:6-8). Christians must be peacemakers (matthew 5:9, romans 14:19), forgiving those who do them harm (ephesians 4:29-32; colossians 3:12-14; matthew 6:9-15; mark 11:25-26), treating their enemies with love (luke 6:27-36) and not seeking revenge (romans 12:17-21; 1 peter 3:8-12). Hatred which is the same as homicide (1 john 3:15), is unforgiving, vengeful and hostile towards one's enemies.

Let me tell you in simple words guest.


Abortion= the killing of an unborn child=the killing of someone innocent

even if it this words where not written in the bible they are still correct. You shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not lie. Abortion does not compare to wars. This is about shedding blood of innocent people.

What about the necessary abortions, susan smith, the al queda's, iraq(their were a lot of innocent killed their) 9-11(a lot of innocent killed their) their have been a lot of innocent parents killed by their kids and visa versa, kids killed by their class mates, columbine, robings and killings, kids killing kids, so it is not all about abortions, and these things will only get worse. I will not give my guns up just to have them put back on the streets, no way, if vin ladin(sp) passed my way I would kill his ass dead!

And I do not hate! And I have been in a war and I believe in choice for an abortion I would rather see an abortion tha a baby or child beat, abused or neglected. But their is an abortion debate forum here.

Does this also mean that it is wrong to put an animal down or to stop the life of a person(dr. Assisted death) when he or she has no life anymore and lives on machines, or is in terrible pain that cannot be controlled. Go to oregon, it is legal!

I live in australia where abortions are legal. I have had one my self... Sorry people..... Sex is part of life, we all do it, humans, animals ect....
I took precautions to stop unwanted pregnancy, but fell pregnant any way. My life was a mess at the time. I had no money, no man as he ran off, no job. And had to move back to my parents house. And to make it worse I had problems and they didn't know if the fetus would be harmed in any way or not. Now I had to look at my life and see if I could have this baby and be able to give the child a loving healthy, stable life. With my own life being a mess how could I possibily do this for another life. If you are not prepared or able to give a child 99.9% of your life, then don't have one, because they will suffer in the long run. They don't choose to come into this world, we bring them into it, and you have to be able to give them the best to make there life bearable. If you can't and an accident happens it is the right thing to do. It is abuse if you don't....... Now in saying that I don't believe in abortion as birth control eg one after another... You still have to have responcability when having a sexual relationship...... Tanleetris.....

Well, maybe these girls got pregnant cuz .God wanted to give them "a little miracle"

i just dont see how anyone could kill a baby??? It is just horrible to care more for yourself than for a baby! In this degree the church calls it a "spirit of self" that women have --who kill their baby's.

"i took precautions to stop unwanted pregnancy, but fell pregnant any way."

so you refused to take any responsiblity for your situation, the blood of the child is on the hands of the contaception companies, they are responsible for unwanted children and abortion, not the two adults concenting to sex?

Wake up guy's nothing is black and white in this life time, it is abuse if you bring a child into a crummy life, you have that choice. I wasn't thinking of my self, I was only thinking of my child, and weather or not I was able to give it all it needed, and I took the most unselfish way and didn't bring it into this horrible life. What about pregnancy due to rape, having the child is abuse because you will hate or resent the child, therefore the child will suffer, is that fair on the child no! The child didn't do anything wrong, the father did. Can you blame the resentment from the mother no! Because everytime she looked at the child she would remember the traumatic rape. That is what I hate about religion you people think every thing so so straight forward, but its not , life isn't as simple as the words in your bible. The world has changed since it was written, as nothing is black and white or as straight forward as you people think. I have met many religious people and I would say not one person would completely follow the bible to the word......So the are the hipicric...... I now have a six year old son, and I did raise him on my own, I also worked, bought a big 4 bedroom house, have a new car, and he has everything to be a healthy person. But I was in a better position to give him all that. I was an adult when I had him. I do not regret having the abortion in the past, and I am so glad that I live in a country that has freedom of choice.... Children that are forced into a crummy life, turn out to be murders ect...........Buy the way how many of you are parents? Wait until you have experienced it all before you have a black and white opinion please........... Tanleetris

I must concur with tanleetris on this - she made some very valid points. Yeah, it's true that contraception isn't 100 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, but it shows that people are trying to prevent conception from occurring when they use it. So, if they don't want a child and their contraception fails, they should automatically have to keep that child?

That is completely unfair to both the child and the parent. What point is there in bringing a child into the world where it was not wanted? Kids mess up the lives of people who don't want them who feel like they need to keep the kids because pro-lifers will force crap down their throats about how they are killing innocent kids. I think it's more humane to end the life of an undeveloped, unborn child than to give birth to it and raise it while pretending to love it. Parents who need to pretend to love their kids will inevitably grow to resent and dislike their kids. It's these said parents who may someday begin to neglect and abuse their kids.

As far as i'm concerned, aborting an unwanted pregnancy is the responsible thing to do - not keeping a child you never wanted. Adoption is an option, but foster homes are bursting at the seams with kids people don't want because they were probably told how evil they would be for aborting. Yes, give birth to another kid no one will want so they can grow up without real love for a few years.

In my own honest opinion, abortion is the best thing given to women since birth control.

I love all this righteousness and hollier than tough attitudes. Does it not say judge not, least ye be judged? Or those living in glass houses shouldn't cast stones??

Why don't you folks get off your high horses. God will sort all this out when the time comes.

As for your righteousness, why don't you step up and offer to foster these abandoned children? These poor abused children taken from neglectful woman who shouldn't have had children in the first place.

Sure, they shouldn't have had sex, that's easy to say. But the did, now they have a child they don't want and don't care to take care of. Those women who knew before hand that their child would be nothing more than a burden on them and society, took steps, albiet drastic steps, to assure they wouldn't burden society any more than they already have.

So.. As apposed to spitting out the gospel here ladies, why not be a christian and step up and offer to adopt or foster. Teach those young children the way you believe. Do not force your beliefs on other adults!!!