[uncommonsense]

"This had been floating around in my head for a while. Lily Eskelsen Garcia's comments and more recent events pushed me to complete it."

Based on my word study, within the context of Exodus Ch. 20 - using Strong's Concordance primarily:

Exodus 20:1-17 (NIV)

13 “You shall not murder.

ALSO SEE: The ten commandments are spoken by Jehovah (Biblos Interlinear Bible)

[Lmo56]

“You shall not murder ..."

So, there is a difference between killing and murder in the Bible ...