Does this passage show that unborn children are of less value than
adults?
PROBLEM: According to some translations of the Bible, this text
teaches that when fighting men cause a woman to have a
“miscarriage” they “shall be fined” (v. 22, RSV). But, if the
fighting men caused the death of the woman,... [ Continue Reading ]
Why was capital punishment commuted in the case of some murders?
PROBLEM: Numbers 35:31 commands that “you shall take no ransom for
the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be
put to death.” However, Exodus 21 says if the guilty one has
“imposed on him a sum of money, then... [ Continue Reading ]