THE
LAW OF GOD EQUATES ABORTION WITH MURDER
It is written in the Bible, in Exodus 21: 22-25, as
follows:
22 If men strive, and hurt a pregnant woman, and her child
come out, and there be no disaster, he shall be surely punished, according as
the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges
determine.
23 And if there be disaster, then thou shalt give life
for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot
for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for
stripe.
Therefore, we see that God has determined that if men
quarrel and injure a pregnant woman and so she give birth before the right
time, so that the baby be born premature but survive, and the woman do not die,
and both the woman and her son do not have any bodily injury, the one who
caused the premature birth must be punished with a fine, and that, if the fetus
die, so that the baby be born dead, or if the baby be born premature and then
die, the one who caused the abortion be condemned to death, and that, if the
woman die, the one who caused her death be condemned to death, and that, if the
woman or her child be left with any bodily injury, the one who caused the injury be punished with the same injury that he
caused to the woman or to her son.
Some people say that these verses show that God has
determined that the crime of abortion be punished only with a fine, but this is
not true, because in the said verses it is written that only if there be only anticipation
of the birth the offender must be punished only with a fine, and that, if the
baby or the woman die, we must give life for life, that is, the perpetrator of
the crime must be punished with the death penalty, as the murder, because it is
written in the Bible, in Leviticus 24:17 that God said the following: "And
anyone who kill any human life, shall certainly be killed."
Yahveh bless
you.
Author:
João Paulo Fernandes Pontes (Hebrew name: Yochanan Ben Yosef).
E-mail: joaopaulopontes@caraita.teo.br .
Published
in April 29, 2019.
Updated
in July 17, 2020.
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