We discussed the difference between MURDER AND KILLING. For example, are soldiers damned for KILLING the enemy; is it MURDER? Our conclusion was that the difference is in motive. Have you KILLED to defend your family; that isn't murder. Exodus 22:2 says: "If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him." The issue comes from the King James translation which reads: "...thou shalt not kill." This was later changed in the New King James version to "thou shalt not murder."
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