Where in the bible does it say that abortion is wrong. Books with only one chapter are obadiah in the hebrew bible and philemon, 2 john, 3 john, and jude in the new testament. The following examples put these conventions into practice. Why and how are bible chapters and verses numbered. Essentially, the husband and wife would come to the priest, the priest would then create a. Whatever the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. The lord spoke to moses and aaron, saying, the people of israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers houses. Bible verses about abortion bible verses related to abortion from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order exodus 20. It is a pleasure to read, and you realize how short a typical passage from the bible is. While the bible does not use the word abortion, even though abortion was practiced even then. Reading the bible without chapter and verse numbers. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. When i looked up the verse in my bible version, i read something different.
And what about the test of bitter water mentioned in chapter five of the book of numbers. If a mans wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him so that another man has sexual relations with her, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act, 14 and if feelings of jealousy. On abortion, its the bible of ambiguity the new york times. The translators interpret your thigh to rot and to rot your thigh as miscarriage. Abortion access menu what the bible says about abortion. It disturbed me to the point that i had to read the entire bible. Confront abortion protestors with bible verses awaypoint.
Verses 17 it is an instance of the grace of god, that, having wrought divers miracles to punish sin, he would work one more to prevent it. The fourth book of the law is numbers, and it contains the test for an unfaithful wife. The ordeal is further explained in the talmud, in the eponymous seventh tractate of nashim. It is simply an online king james bible without footnotes, verse numbers, or chapter numbers. Imagine if antiabortion protestors found themselves confronted with the bible and christianitys highest values. Helpful in showing what gods position is on abortion. Chapter and verse numbers are removed entirely from the text. Reading the bible without chapter and verse numbers september 28, 2011 by andy naselli it is important to remember that the reformers did not break the epistles down into verses in the way that we do verses were not invented until about 1550, after luthers death. Abortion in the bible scripture examples and perspectives. Its commonly claimed that its a christian duty to abolish abortion, in accordance with a biblical teaching that abortion is a sin. What the bible says about abortion from forerunner commentary the king james versions and the new king james versionswording is a bit awkward for our modern ears unless we carefully follow pauls line of thought from the beginning of the chapter. But those who turn to their concordance for guidance about abortion will not find the word at all. In some situations, an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy can be one of the hardest things a woman or man faces.
Deleting all the annoying references and chapter and verse numbers will make reading your bible a much more enjoyable experience and you will read it longer because of that. What the bible says about abortion abortion is not murder. You make a good point, but the fact that the bible never specifically forbids abortion leaves it open to interpretation. While the modern practice of abortion is far different from anything of the biblical era, there are occurrences of a failed pregnancy, either purposefully or not. Pregnancy is nowhere mentioned, or even hinted at, in the text. I have long wanted an edition of the bible uncluttered with chapter and verse numbers. I know that the hebrew language is packed with numbers, each letter or word. The bible gives many specific principles to apply to abortion. The books of the bible from the international bible society presents the biblical text visually according to its natural literary outline. Numbers bible book with full chapters king james version. What if having a baby would cause serious inconvenience or even threaten the life of the mother. Numbers 51122 new revised standard version, catholic edition these verses appear to describe explicit divine support for abortion. My friend contends that the bible cant be used to argue against abortion because nowhere in the bible does it state that abortion is wrong and that life begins at conception. In a bible without numbers, you naturally keep reading till the end of the book.
It is the killing of a human being who is created in the image of god. The 2011 edition of the niv mistakenly states that the drink will cause miscarriage in numbers 5. The author of this book does not deal with the hebrew language numbers, but only the numbers given in the bible, which is not the same thing. I encourage you to reread your pro abortion bible texts. On godordained, abortioninducing magic potions and jealous husbands shaming their wives in the bible. If god dealt severely with the accidental death of a preborn infant, how do you suppose he feels about the deliberate murder of the unborn by an abortion doctor. A look at scripture passages from the bible that speak to life before birth. That passage doesnt even say the woman was pregnant, yet proaborts use it to rationalize abortion. If you are in such a situation and wonder if you or your loved one should have an abortion, i pray that the following verses from the biblegods wordwill help you make your decision. It is probable that they were the staves which the princes used as ensigns of their authority. Home page bible chapters by number keys to the kingdom prophecy in stars the list of meanings from 1 to 2099. The ordeal of the bitter water was a trial by ordeal administered to the wife whose husband suspected her of adultery but who had no witnesses to make a formal case numbers 5. The bible book of numbers with full chapters, footnotes and bible commentary to aid your bible search, reading, and study. Holy bible, nasb 1995 without chapter or verse numbers.
Abortion is a deliberate, purposeful termination of a childs life. However, one christians reading of the bible poses challenges to that assumption, instead turning up some eyeopening biblical views on terminating a pregnancy. The biblical argument for abortion july 31, 2012 fr. And in your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them. Abortion bible verses in the king james version kjv about abortion.
Holy bible, nasb 1995 without chapter or verse numbers ebook. Since god has no problem with killing unborn children or commanding others to do it, its reasonable to conclude that the bible supports abortion. A number standing alone after a book name is a chapter number, unless the book has only one chapter, in which case it is a verse number. The test consisted of mixing dust from the floor of the hebrew tabernacle with holy water to make a concoction that a woman drank to. Its time to confront conceptionobsessed biblebelievers on their own terms, with language they understand. Just as the word house can have more than one sense spiritual numbers can also have more than one sense. I wanted a book that would lead me to the numbers of each letter, each word, and what each number stood for. Though we dont find the word abortion mentioned in any biblical text, we can deduce from scripture, not to mention natural law, reason, church teaching, and patristic. I do not recall the exact book or verse but in the bible, the old testament, god tells us that he knew us in the womb, that tells me that once conception is made, that child now belongs to god, and by all rights especially in the usa should have all the protections of the law, you know, the right to life, liberty, etc. Andrew stephen damick a fellow prolife friend of mine recently sent me a post by the theologically and politically liberal christian writer fred slactivist clark in favor of abortion titled the biblical view thats younger than the happy meal.
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow. Note that the niv is the only translation to use the word miscarriage see numbers 5. This law regards an accident, but bob sought to apply it to deliberately destroying the life of the unborn through abortion. On godordained, abortioninducing magic potions and. At regular intervals throughout the year, the most conceptionobsessed members of the religious right gather at evangelical and catholic churches, load. Twin design via shutterstock theres nothing about abortion in the bible but that hasnt stopped the religious right from invoking the good book in its war on womens rights. The text appears in a single column, with larger and smaller sections set off by white space of varying widths. It shows how desperate they are as if they actually cared about what the book of numbers said. Instructions from the bible on how to perform an abortion. Debate continues even among the worlds most respected theologians. It is mainly from the hebrew scriptures that the modernday jewish people obtain their spiritual insight. The book has a long and complex history, but its final form is probably due to a priestly redaction i. Bible verses about abortion bible verses related to abortion from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order. Is it justified if the mother is unmarried or in cases of poverty, deformity, handicaps, abuse, incest, or rape.