Sixth Commandment

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Sixth Commandment

  1. The Commandment that states that killing a human being is a sin; commonly recited as "You shall not murder", "You shall not kill" or "Thou shalt not kill".
    • 1968, Bernard Bailyn, The origins of American politics‎[1], reprint edition, Knopf, page 60:
      Long before, in the great controversy over smallpox inoculation, he was said to have been an anticlerical heretic who violated the Sixth Commandment and deserved to be stuck in the pillory; [...]
    • 2011, Mitchell Creepo, Heaven is a Deal, eBookIt.com, →ISBN, page 22:
      "And you're not going to kill anybody?"
      "Hay, this is your dad," I said, a little hurt. "Sixth commandment, remember?" It didn't mention anything about near-killing.

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