Topic
Assassination
49 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 9:6ISBE
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- Exodus 21:12ISBE
¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
- Exodus 21:13ISBE
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
- Exodus 21:14ISBE
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
- Exodus 21:18ISBE
¶ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
- Leviticus 19:14ISBE
¶ Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:17ISBE
¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
- Leviticus 24:17ISBE
¶ And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:21ISBE
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
- Numbers 35:11ISBE
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
- Numbers 35:16–19ISBE
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to…
- Numbers 35:16ISBE
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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- Numbers 35:20 ISBE
- Numbers 35:21 ISBE
- Numbers 35:24 ISBE
- Numbers 35:25–28 ISBE
- Numbers 35:30 ISBE
- Numbers 35:31 ISBE
- Numbers 35:33 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 4:42 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 19:3 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 19:4 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 19:6 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 19:11 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 22:8 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 27:24 Nave Laws prohibiting
- Joshua 20:3 ISBE
- Joshua 20:5 ISBE
- Joshua 20:6 ISBE
- Joshua 21:13 ISBE
- Joshua 21:21 ISBE
- Joshua 21:27 ISBE
- Joshua 21:32 ISBE
- Joshua 21:38 ISBE
- Judges 3:15–22 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Eglon, by Ehud
- 2 Samuel 3:27 Nave INSTANCES OF — Abner, by Joab
- 2 Samuel 4:5–7 Nave INSTANCES OF — Ish-bosheth, by the sons of Rimmon
- 2 Samuel 4:9–12 Nave David's abhorrence of
- 2 Samuel 13:28 Nave INSTANCES OF — Amnon, by Absalom
- 2 Samuel 13:29 Nave INSTANCES OF — Amnon, by Absalom
- 2 Samuel 20:9 Nave INSTANCES OF — Amasa, by Joab
- 2 Samuel 20:10 Nave INSTANCES OF — Amasa, by Joab
- 2 Kings 6:32 ISBE
- 2 Kings 12:20 Nave INSTANCES OF — Joash, by his servants
- 2 Kings 19:37 Nave INSTANCES OF — Sennacherib, by his sons
- Job 24:14 ISBE
- Isaiah 37:38 Nave INSTANCES OF — Sennacherib, by his sons
- Ezekiel 21:11 ISBE
- Hosea 9:13 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 41 references
a-sas-i-na'-shun.
1. Meaning of the Term:
The language of Scripture distinguishes less clearly than the modern juridical between assassination and murder. "Murderer" = rotseach (Nu 35:16-19,21,30,31; 2Ki 6:32; Job 24:14); horegh, from haragh = "to slay," "kill," the King James Version translation "murderer" in Ho 9:13; but "slayer" in Eze 21:11. Where the Revised Version (British and American) renders "slayers," we find ratsach, in Nu 35:11,25-28; De 4:42; 19:3,4,6; Jos 20:3,5,6; 21:13,21,27,32,38, irrespective of whether willful, deliberate killing is spoken of, or hasty or merely accidental; and nakhah = "to strike," "wound," "kill," "slay," in Nu 35:24. The prohibition against killing is all-inclusive, even to suicide, placing the ban not only on deliberate, purposeful slaying (Ex 21:12,14,18), but on all endangering of life through negligence (De 22:8) or recklessness (Le 19:14) or hatred, anger and revengefulness (Le 19:17 ff).
2. Punishment of the Act:
The Mosaic law presupposes the punishment of all killing of human beings on the ground of Ge 9:6, and repeatedly reiterates it (Ex 21:12,14 ff; Le 24:17,21; Nu 35:33; De 19:11 ff), the reason assigned being that man is made in the image of God; hence to slay a man is paramount to lifting the hand against the Creator. And while the degrees of guilt are not indicated by the language, they are closely distinguished by the punishments prescribed. Not only notorious enmity against the slain and deliberate lying-in-wait on the part of the murderer (Ex 21:13; Nu 35:20 ff; De 19:4,11), but also the nature of the instrument was taken into account to determine the nature of the crime (Nu 35:16 ff). See CRIMES.
Frank E. Hirsch
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 12 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → David's abhorrence of 2Sa 4:9-12
- → Laws prohibiting De 27:24
- → INSTANCES OF
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.