Murder in the Bible

Murder in the Bible

The act of murder is rampant in the Bible. In much of the Bible,

especially the Old Testament, there are laws that command that people be

killed for absurd reasons such as working on the Sabbath, being gay,

cursing your parents, or not being a virgin on your wedding night. In

addition to these crazy and immoral laws, there are plenty of examples of

God's irrationality by his direct killing of many people for reasons that

defy any rational explanation such as killing children who make fun of

bald people, and the killing of a man who tried to keep the ark of God

from falling during transport. There are also countless examples of mass

murders commanded by God, including the murder of women, infants, and

children.

The following passages are a very small percentage of the total

passages approving of murder in the Bible. They are divided here into

three parts: 1) Capital Punishment Crimes, 2) God's Murders for Stupid

Reasons, 3) Murdering Children, and 4) Miscellaneous Murders. This list

is long, but it barely scratches the surface of all the murders approved

of in the Bible.

1) Capital Punishment Crimes:

Kill People Who Don't Listen to Priests

Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the

priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil

must be purged from Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT)

Kill Witches

You should not let a sorceress live. (Exodus 22:17 NAB)

Kill Homosexuals

"If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put

to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives."

(Leviticus 20:13 NAB)

Kill Fortunetellers

A man or a woman who acts as a medium or fortuneteller shall be put to

death by stoning; they have no one but themselves to blame for their

death. (Leviticus 20:27 NAB)

Death for Hitting Dad

Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death. (Exodus

21:15 NAB)

Death for Cursing Parents

1) If one curses his father or mother, his lamp will go out at the

coming of darkness. (Proverbs 20:20 NAB)

2) All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They

are guilty of a capital offense. (Leviticus 20:9 NLT)

Death for Adultery

If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and

the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)

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...f Baal. Don't let a single one escape!" So the people seized them all,

and Elijah took them down to the Kishon Valley and killed them there. (1

Kings 18:36-40 NLT)

Kill All of Babylon

"Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the

people of Pekod. Yes, march against Babylon, the land of rebels, a land

that I will judge! Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have

commanded you," says the LORD. "Let the battle cry be heard in the land,

a shout of great destruction". (Jeremiah 50:21-22 NLT)

Micah Kills a Whole Town

Then, with Micah's idols and his priest, the men of Dan came to the

town of Laish, whose people were peaceful and secure. They attacked and

killed all the people and burned the town to the ground. There was no one

to rescue the residents of the town, for they lived a great distance from

Sidon and had no allies nearby. This happened in the valley near

Beth-rehob.Then the people of the tribe of Dan rebuilt the town and lived

there. They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor, Israel's son, but

it had originally been called Laish. (Judges 18:27-29 NLT) (Note that

God approves of this slaughter in verse 6.)