Not supposed to murder, huh?
Kate. You really need to read what's in the books of the bible, and not continue to believe what you were told as a child.
Maybe in the Catholic church the 5th commandment is the don't kill people?
In the Evangelical church, it's honor your parents. Murder got bumped to 6th.
But 5th, 6th, honestly, that's not important to my point.
My point is the Book of Joshua 5:13-6:27.
Spoiler. It's the Fall of Jericho. Where in God says "that's all yours. March around it for some days. Then go in." It ends with them murdering everyone. Lemme quote: 21 Then they devoted to destruction by the edge of the sword all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
The final verse says, and I quote again, So the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
Of course there's Elisha and the Two Bears (2 Kings 2:23-25).
If you're not familiar, Elisha curses two boys in the name of God, and then 2 bears show up and eat the kids. Why? Because they called him bald.
Murder by Bear.
There's also more murder! Here's just some highlights, not even an exhaustive list (there's A LOT):
Deuteronomy 13:13-19
Exodus 22:17
Exodus 22:19
Leviticus 20:13
Leviticus 20:9
2 Chronicles 15:12-13
Isaiah 14:21
That's all the times it's okay to murder.
Seems like God was super duper okay with a lot of murder. I mean, a lot.
About now is when Christians say "oh, but that's the OOOOOOOLDDDD TESSSSTIMEEEEENT"
Yeah. You brought it up with the 10 commandments. It's got tons of murder. Despite the rule against it.