One thing I had never thought was the commandment thou shall not kill.
Then I listened to Dr. Savage.
He says that the true translation in his opinion from Jewish scholors that he believes is that “Thou shall not murder.”
It made me ponder. David & Goliath being a good example. The red sea falling on the egypians another. Why if killing is evil would it be done.
It’s “murder” the killing of an innocent that’s a crime. Thus war can have it’s point. Like WWII among current others.
The lefties use “Who would Jesus bomb?” because they don’t understand that Jesus didn’t come to change the law... he came to provide salavation in case we fall short.
Nitpickers.
'Murder' is a legal word, 'Kill' is not a legal word. Every murder is a killing, but every killing is not a murder.
Dennis Prager, as well as Dr Savage, discusses the original use of the word 'murder' in the 10 commandments. It is indeed 'Thou shall not murder.'
Today, murder is the intentional killing of another human being with malice aforethought. Self defense killing is not murder, for example.
Jewish law also distinguishes between murder and killing. Murder is what the commandment is speaking about. It is not a general mandate to never kill.
I also learned that the word used in the “thou shall not kill” commandment translates as “murder”. Self defense, or the defense of another, has always been a legitimate defense to the crime of murder. When a soldier kills someone during a war, it is in the defense of others (one’s fellow soldiers or countrymen) or for self preservation. Thus, soldiers carrying out legitimate orders in the line of duty are not “murderers”.