# Need help from the bible scholars

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> The simple answer is found in Commandment 6, 7 and 10.
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> Thou shalt not kill  
> Thou shalt not commit adultery  
> Thou shalt not covet (- thy neighbor’s wife’s ass -)

As we have seen, those don’t actually answer the question at all, since they don’t preclude the exceptions that have been cited.

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