fSee 1 Kgs. 2:28-34
Exodus 20:13
13 a“You shall not murder. ▼▼The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
Exodus 21:12-14
12 c“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. 13 dBut if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then eI will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. 14But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, fyou shall take him from my altar, that he may die.Leviticus 24:17
An Eye for an Eye
17 g“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.Numbers 35:31
31Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.Deuteronomy 19:11-12
11“But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him hand strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, 12then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.2 Samuel 3:27
27And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, iand there he struck him jin the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.2 Samuel 11:15-17
15In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, kthat he may be struck down, and die.” 16And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men. 17And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.
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