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August 6th 2010, 02:01 AM
The command in Deutoronomy is a primitive root which means, "too dash to pieces," it's meaning is to kill another human, to slay, esp. by murder. The command is better translated, "Thou shall not murder," not kill.
The command: "Thou shall not kill," is better translated, "Thou shall not murder."
In certain cases it's even used as, "slayer," "manslayer," "murderer."
So the command is simply not to murder human beings. Hebrews weren't vegetarians, they were just restricted from certain meats. In fact, when they sacrificed animals, I believe, they even ate their sacrifices. I could be mistaken.
"Daniel broke the kings decree, Peter stepped from the ship to the sea, there was hope for Job like a cut down tree... I hope that there's such hope for me... Blind as I've become, I used to wonder where you were. These days I can't find where You're not. Mine's been a yard carefully surface tended, foxes burrowed underground. Gardening so highly self-recommended, what could I have done but let You down? The sun and the moon, I want to see both worlds as one." -Aaron Weiss, mewithoutYou
Last edited by LlamaLlamaDuck; August 6th 2010 at 09:03 PM.
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