Thine eye shall not pity him, the factor of false sentiment was to he absent entirely, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Cf Exodus 21:12; Numbers 35:16 ff. The mawkish sentimentality of our days which has succeeded in abolishing capital punishment for murderers in many States has no support in the Word of God.

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