The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
Exodus 20:13 (KJV)
Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 20:13 (KJV)
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
That a life should ever be taken is one of the most horrific of things.
- Life is precious,
- Cannot be regained
- It is a gift from God
However, there are times when, as horrific as it is, it must be done:
- In war
- In self defense
- In judgment
God’s Word provided for the case of capital punishment. But it provided for it under very strict guidelines.
- The thing must be certain
- There must be a minimum of two witnesses and
- The witnesses must be the first to perform the judgment
This would have minimized false witnesses. If it was difficult to assemble multiple people willing to bear false witness it would have been doubly difficult to find them willing to carry their witness out in the “hands on” participation of the execution.
We must never rejoice that a soul, any soul, loses his life.
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