Punishment for Rape The Sixth Commandment Rape is as serious as murder. Deuteronomy 22:25-27 “But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. But you shall do nothing to ...
Life in the Womb The Sixth Commandment Reverence for all life. Exodus 21:22-25 “When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay ...
Manslaughter The Sixth Commandment Not all killings of men are murder. Exodus 21:12-14 “Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which ...
Conditions for the Death Penalty The Sixth Commandment The death penalty was a community duty. Numbers 35:16-21 “But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could ...
Due Process The Sixth Commandment There are conditions for applying the death penalty. Deuteronomy 19:11-13 “‘But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, then the elders of his city shall send ...
The Death Penalty The Sixth Commandment He who unjustly takes a life shall justly forfeit his own. Leviticus 24:17 “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.” Leviticus 24:21b “…and whoever kills a person shall be put to death.” The fact that this sanction existed before the Ten Commandments and is explicitly continued in ...
Guard Your Heart The Sixth Commandment Murder begins in the heart. Leviticus 19:17, 18 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, ...
Honor Life The Sixth Commandment We are our brother’s keeper. Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.” Deuteronomy 5:17 “‘You shall not murder.’” This commandment which prohibits the taking of life also obligates men to do whatever is necessary to preserve and defend it. Cain’s question, “Am I my brother’s keeper,” (Gen. 4:9) is, in this commandment, answered ...
You Shall Not Murder The Sixth Commandment God alone is the Lord of life. Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.” Deuteronomy 5:17 “‘You shall not murder.’” Murder is the unlawful, willful, and premeditated taking of the life of another. God forbids murder, requiring the life of one who murders as appropriate retribution (Gen. 9:5, 6). God is the ...
An Attack on Life? The Sixth Commandment Deuteronomy 25:11, 12 “When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts, then you shall ...