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Thou shalt not kill
One of the Ten Commandments / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thou shalt not kill (LXX, KJV; Ancient Greek: Οὐ φονεύσεις, romanized: Ou phoneúseis), You shall not murder (NIV, Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִּרְצָח, romanized: Lo tirṣaḥ) or Do not murder (CSB), is a moral imperative included as one of the Ten Commandments in the Torah.[1]
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The image is from the altar screen of the Temple Church near the Law Courts in London.
The imperative not to kill is in the context of unlawful killing resulting in bloodguilt.[2]