(June 21, 2022 at 12:33 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:(June 21, 2022 at 11:12 am)Dragonset Wrote: Did they practice abortion at that time? What does sin literally mean? What about a case in which during a struggle with a man a fetus is aborted as a result? Soul for soul? Life for life?
Yes, they did practice abortion at the time. There's a wonderful description of it in numbers, the case of a man suspecting his wife had been unfaithful. Take her to the shaman!
If a child was lost in a struggle, you could owe the husband of the mother (or father - absent a husband) monetary damages. The only time that killing a fetus would be considered murder is, ironically, if the child dies at birth as a consequence of saving the mother. It also wouldn't be seen as murder to kill a fetus by executing the mother - there was no expectation of a stay of execution on account of a pregnancy.
Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please? With scriptural references.
