Deuteronomy 5:17
17 “You must not murder. ▼▼tn Traditionally “kill” (so KJV, ASV, RSV, NAB). The verb here (
רָצַח,
ratsakh) is generic for homicide but in the OT both killing in war and capital punishment were permitted and even commanded (
Deut 13:5,
9;
20:13,
16-17), so the technical meaning here is “murder.”