Dict: easton - Murder

Murder @ Wilful murder was distinguished from accidental homicide, and was invariably visited with capital punishment kjv@Numbers:35:16-18, 21, 31; kjv@Leviticus:24:17). This law in its principle is founded on the fact of man's having been made in the likeness of God kjv@Genesis:9:5-6; kjv@John:8:44; kjv@1John:3:12 kjv@1John:3:15). The Mosiac law prohibited any compensation for murder or the reprieve of the murderer kjv@Exodus:21:12-14; kjv@Deuteronomy:19:11-13; kjv@2Samuel:17:25 kjv@2Samuel:20:10). Two witnesses were required in any capital case kjv@Numbers:35:19-30; kjv@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 kjv@Deuteronomy:21:1-9). These offences also were to be punished with death,

(1) striking a parent;

(2) cursing a parent;

(3) kidnapping kjv@Exodus:21:15-17; kjv@Deuteronomy:27:16).