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NASB | Leviticus 26:6 'I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down with no one making you tremble. I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will pass through your land. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 26:6 'I will also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down and there will be no one to make you afraid. I will also eliminate harmful animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land. |
Subject: Should Christians practice nonresistance |
Bible Note: You wrote: "I believe that it is wrong to kill a human to set an example, or based on what they might do in the future, or even to get the fair revenge for what they have done in the past." I do not view the death penalty as revenge or deterrant so much as I view it as justice. When the society establishes a death penalty for heinous crimes, what it in effect is saying is that the values that the crime violates are so cherished that the violator should be completely eliminated from the society. This has Biblical precedent. Even though we are not ancient Israel, obviously it is not always wrong for a society to execute those who violate the highest mores of that society. --Joe! |