Exodus 1:15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah. 16 And he said, When you do the office of midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
We have read previously where it was God who had permitted that particular pharaoh to be on the throne when the Hebrews were enslaved in Egypt. But when he required of the Hebrew mid-wives that they slay all the male children by casting them into the river, he crossed a red line, and they were obligated to absolutely disobey his diabolical orders.
The law of God explicitly states: “Thou shall not kill” and therefore, to require the wanton murder of the Hebrew infants, contrary to God’s laws, would have made God subservient to a mortal man, if the mid-wives had complied. They didn’t, and here we have one of several instances where God actually blessed disobedience.
Again, we have the instance where David required of Joab, an act of murder in order to cover his deeds with Bathsheba. As his top general, Joab was not to obey blindly any and everything the God appointed leader would require. David’s commands to Joab should have first been made to pass the smell test of the scriptures, and if they would violate God’s law Joab was to absolutely refuse, even if his job might be in jeopardy.
2nd Samuel 11: 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!