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Wilful murder was distinguished from accidental homicide, and was invariably visited with capital punishment (
Numbers 35:16
Numbers 35:18
Numbers 35:21
Numbers 35:31
;
Leviticus 24:17
). This law in its principle is founded on the fact of man's having been made in the likeness of God (
Genesis 9:5
Genesis 9:6
;
John 8:44
;
1 John 3:12
1 John 3:15
). The Mosiac law prohibited any compensation for murder or the reprieve of the murderer (
Exodus 21:12
Exodus 21:14
;
Deuteronomy 19:11
Deuteronomy 19:13
;
2
Sam
17:25
;
20:10
). Two witnesses were required in any capital case (
Numbers 35:19-30
;
Deuteronomy 17:6-12
). If the murderer could not be discovered, the city nearest the scene of the murder was required to make expiation for the crime committed (
Deuteronomy 21:1-9
). These offences also were to be punished with death, (1) striking a parent; (2) cursing a parent; (3) kidnapping (
Exodus 21:15-17
;
Deuteronomy 27:16
).
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.