The Value which YHWH Sets on Life

Intentional killing, or murder, of the born: Verdict Death Penalty

Deuteronomy 19:11-12 But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor, and then flees to one of these cities, the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die.

Unintentional killing of the born: Verdict Banishment

Deuteronomy 19:1-10 ESV
“When the Lord your God cuts off the nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. You shall measure the distances and divide into three parts the area of the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them. “This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past— as when someone goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live

Unintentional killing of the unborn: Verdict Death Penalty

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV
“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe

It seems that YHWH sets a higher price on the unborn, than on the born.

(CLV) Lk 1:41
And it occurred, as Elizabeth hears the salutation of Mary, the babe jumps in her womb, and Elizabeth is filled with holy spirit,

yeshuaslavejeff said:

Do you really mean to have some sort of debate on killing? Notice all the wars fought just in the last year, worldwide, and see that killing is accepted (and too often instigated and defended) by almost all the governments and approved by them ... (for all ages, men and women and children and babies)

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I pray that this doesn't turn into simply a debate about killing. I don't condone this seemingly endless string of wars, anymore than this satanic holocaust of unborn children.

yeshuaslavejeff said:

Perhaps then moving the thread to some other section would be apropros, or closing/deleting it here and re-opening it in a section that is not CALLED a debate section.

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I'll trust your judgement on this. Where would you suggest I move it to (someplace with good exposure); and can you tell me how to close this thread?

OK Jeff, I moved the thread. I'll ask the moderator to close this one. Thanks for your advice.