Exodus 20:2-17 "I am YHWH thy Elohim, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other elohim before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I YHWH thy Elohim am a jealous Elohim, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of YHWH thy Elohim in vain; for YHWH will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it qodesh. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore YHWH blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which YHWH thy Elohim giveth thee. Thou shalt not murder. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."

First of all, to clear something up to which you might notice from the quote above is a correction of scriptural translation or transliteration. What is known as “thou shalt not kill” is an incorrect translation or transliteration of the scriptures, where kill was put in place of what should be shown as murder. To kill and murder are two different things. To kill is with just cause or reason, where to murder is without just cause or reason. Perhaps this will answer your question as to why Yahuwah permitted that some be killed in order to uphold His Laws and Commandments. These are the ten commandments of Yahuwah. We are to keep them, without reserve, with the aid of the qodesh Spirit in our lives. This is our love to Yahuwah. This is the only one thing that Yah put His very own hand to, in the writing of the commandments, to be given to us by Moses. Exodus. 31:18; "And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of Elohim." When Yahuwah, the Father, personally involves Himself to something, we should be careful to give it much attention, for it is of great importance to Him, and to us. 1 John 2:3-5; "And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of YHWH perfected: hereby know we that we are in him." This is how we may know who the children of Yahuwah are, and those who need to know Him, and that we ourselves truly know Him. 1 John 5:2-3; "By this we know that we love the children of YHWH, when we love YHWH, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of YHWH, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."

As Yahuwah’s kingdom shall stand forever, so will His Law, and His Word. One is part of the other, and they are inseparable. Yahuwah and His Law are perfect, they have no need for change. Heb. 13:8; "Yahusha the Messiah the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." Shows us that Yahusha, the Son of Yahuwah, and our Messiah does not change either. This basically tells us that Yahuwah, His Son, and Word do not change. This includes His Laws, His Ways, and His days. To get a clearer understanding of this, we need to see the eternal connection between Yah and His Law. The tables of the Law were kept in the Ark of the Covenant, in the holy of holies of the tabernacle, or sanctuary of YHWH, in the days of that time on earth. The glory, or presence of Yahuwah remained above the Ark in the holy of holies. The Ark of the Covenant, and its’ content is a most sacred thing of Yahuwah, that has remained among men for a time on earth. The men who even dared to touch it died a sudden death. Understand this, all that is inside the ark are the two tables of stone - the Ten Commandments of Yahuwah. 1 Kgs. 8;9; "There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when YHWH made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt." The Law of YHWH ever remains before His presence. Where we find the Law of Yahuwah, we find Him. The mercy of Yahuwah is the one and only thing that is found between Yahuwah and His Law. Exo. 25:21-22; "And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel."

The mercy seat represents the only thing that Yahuwah has between Him and His Law, and that is His mercy for those that love Him. We see in verse 22, that that is where He will meet with us, (At least until Yahusha lifts up off of the mercy seat from the right hand of the Father to return to the earth at His second coming), and where He shall remain. All mercy comes forth from Yahuwah, for He is the Father of mercy. 2 Cor. 1:3-4; "Blessed be YHWH, even the Father of our Master Yahusha the Messiah, the Father of mercies, and the Elohim of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of Elohim."

In the time we live now, the Ark of the Covenant and the presence of Yahuwah and His mercy are no longer on earth, in a man-made tabernacle. They are in heaven, where they shall remain until such time as when the Kingdom of Yahuwah, and the New Jerusalem rests on earth for eternity. Psalms. 36:5; "Thy mercy, O YHWH, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds." Therefore, we cannot attain the righteousness of the Law, except spiritually, through the qodesh Spirit and Yahusha, our Messiah. 1 Kings 8:30 "Thy mercy, O YHWH, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds." Our prayers to Yah, through the qodesh Spirit and Yahusha, are heard in the holy of holies in heaven. Yahusha goes before Yah’s presence' on our behalf, with our petitions to Yahuwah. We have much to be thankful for in our Messiah, and the mercy of Yahuwah. Heb. 9:24-26; "For the Messiah is not entered into the qodesh places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of YHWH for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the qodesh place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."

The commandments of YHWH ought to receive more attention than they do in these days. There is a force working against this, and has been since the days of old. We will see the works of evil exposed in the chapters ahead. We need to remember that Yahuwah does not change, and that includes His Son and our Messiah, Yahusha, His Law, His Ways, and His Days, which stand forever. Furthermore, all people are to keep His commandments, His Ways, and His Days, or choose the way which leads to death. Mal. 3:6; "For I am YHWH, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." Psalms 119:152; "Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever." One special note, in that even the angels of heaven keep, and do the commandments of Yahuwah. Psalms 103:20; "Bless YHWH, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word."