say it will be fair

I understand how Jacob must have felt wrestling. First, there was this. Then there just was this to confirm. But then we get to Numb35, and what we find FIVE TIMES is the thought that "the murderer shall surely be put to death".

So we're back to the counterargument, which is that the concept of injustice means that justice is not being carried out. And the concept of justice is the guilty getting their just reward. And in the case of murder, Numb35 is clear that injustice would mean the murderer not getting his just death.

So we certainly have the notion that the death of an innocent is an injustice. But we also have the notion that the nondeath of a guilty is an injustice. And do we believe that stopping the deaths for the sake of the ten is an even trade for the starting the nondeaths of the thousands?

Here's an imponderable for you, though. God is justice, as we are told. If so, how can His perfect plan be centered around injustice -- death of an innocent AND nondeath of the guilty?