KILLING

(See also Euthanasia; Genocide; Murder)

animals:

divine permission: it-1 110-111; g 4/15 13

assassins hired by drug barons: w90 2/15 28; g90 5/8 29

authorized by governments: w08 2/1 27; w97 4/1 9; w90 7/15 30

Bible view: it-1 344; bhs 135, 137; bh 125, 127; w04 6/15 15; w90 2/1 16-17

cardinal justifies: g91 11/8 28-29

Law covenant:

accidental manslayer: cl 134; it-1 38, 550

avenger of blood: it-1 221-222

circumstances bringing bloodguilt: w95 11/15 11

cities of refuge: mwb21.07 7; it-1 471-472; w17.11 8-11, 14-16; w10 11/1 15; w95 11/15 10-14

unknown assailant: w95 11/15 15

politically motivated: w06 1/1 3-4

religiously motivated: w89 5/15 5

“rest were killed off” (Re 19:21): re 285-286

self-defense: g 6/08 11; g87 11/22 28

symbolic:

‘7,000 killed by the earthquake’ (Re 11:13): re 170

“a third of the men” (Re 9:15, 18): re 149-151, 154

‘those who would not worship image of wild beast’ (Re 13:15): re 194-195

“two witnesses” (Re 11:3, 7): mwb19.12 3; rr 118; w14 11/15 30; re 167-168; w87 6/15 16; w87 7/1 21; w86 2/1 13

“wild beasts of the earth” kill (Re 6:8): re 97-98; gm 144-146; w88 10/15 11-12