I think God was ok with Moses killing the 3000 people but his bigger sin was when he disobeyed god and smote the rock instead of speaking to it like god had said. “Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.” 9 And Moses took the staff from before the Lord, as he commanded him. 10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” 11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. 12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” (Numbers 20:8-12 ESV, emphasis added)

Should read 3000 killed. Corrected it

Good points. Though actually the eleventh comandment, there are eleven. Thou shalt not make graven images. Is a late addition by protestants, not found in early editions.

@Fernapple
I believe there was 613 commandments in the OT.

@Fernapple In actual fact " Thou shalt not make Graven images" can be found in the original Latin version of the buybull.

@Triphid Oh perhaps I have been misinformed. I understood that it was a late addition.

Ah but is it NOT in times of sheer boredom a great source of laughter considering that it IS somewhat humorous Fiction at its very best?

@Triphid I have read it cover-to-cover(except for the Begats, of course) 2x times in my life,once as an 11 year old believer...when most of the sexual content totally escaped me. I also delved into parts as the fancy took me....in my young "seeker" days...also Tarot, astrology, Wicca...it was the 70's! (Astonished at what i missed/misinterpreted as a kid!!!!!)
And i have an interest in the Apocrypha , weird stuff!
Then a few years ago I had a friend, nice guy in many ways & smart, but totally into 100% literal interpretation, which i could Not reconcile....he was continually quoting sections & putting a good face on them, so i dug in & got right back at him, using quotes too...it was amazing what i remembered from age 11, scary, really.
But to look into it for reasons to not"believe"? Bah, Humbug! (Which it Totally is!)
But"humorous"????? ..gory,nasty, oh,and wallowing in gore seems more like.....

@AnneWimsey By 'humorous, I meant humorous that anyone in their right mind could believe such utter bullshit.

But what "logical explanation" can there be for killing/murdering another human being?
And Yes, there is the question of Euthanasia, but that is imo, permitting a fellow human being who is suffering from either Terminal cancer, etc, etc, or other illnesses, etc, to actually die with peace and dignity rather than in, often, terrible pain and anguish.
I agree that Euthanasia SHOULD be permitted BUT I do NOT see any logic in either the biblical mass murdering/genocides nor one or more humans merely killing another or others for what-so-ever reason/s they put forwards.

@Triphid You forgot your biblical glasses, silly you. "They" are just godless enemies and would probably kill "us" if "we" didn't kill "them" first. Besides, "they" are not giving "us" the land that "we" were promised.
That said, I can, in specific circumstances, see justification where killing would not be as bad as murder. Semantics, I admit, but killing in defense as a last resort is one such example. I am also an omnivore, so killing (not humans) for food would also be acceptable to me. Euthanasia and suicide would also fall under those categories for me as well.