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DEATH PENALTY

under Mosaic Law:

capital offenses

♦ murder

• Numbers 35:16-21, 30-33; Deuteronomy 17:6

♦ adultery

• Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:24

♦ incest

• Leviticus 20:11, 12, 14

♦ homosexual practice

• Leviticus 18:22; 20:13

♦ bestiality

• Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:15, 16

♦ fornication

• Deuteronomy 22:20-24

♦ rape of engaged virgin

• Deuteronomy 22:25

♦ kidnapping

• Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7

♦ disobedience to parents

• Deuteronomy 21:18-21

♦ abusing parents

• Exodus 21:15, 17; Leviticus 20:9

♦ blasphemy

• Leviticus 24:11-14, 16, 23

♦ desecration of Sabbath

• Exodus 35:2; Numbers 15:32-36

♦ witchcraft

• Exodus 22:18

♦ offering human sacrifice

• Leviticus 20:2-5

♦ false prophesying or teaching

• Deuteronomy 13:1-10

♦ sacrificing to false gods

• Exodus 22:20

♦ refusal to abide by decision of court

• Deuteronomy 17:12

forms of execution

♦ stoning

• Leviticus 20:2, 27; 24:14; Numbers 14:10; 15:33-36; Deuteronomy 13:10; 17:5; 22:21, 24

♦ burning

• Leviticus 20:14; 21:9

♦ necessity of two witness for infliction

• Numbers 15:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15

action of execution

♦ witness to crime take lead

• Leviticus 24:14; Deuteronomy 13:9; 17:7

♦ carried out by congregation

• Leviticus 24:14; Numbers 15:35; Deuteronomy 13:9

other than Mosaic Law:

divine mandate

• Genesis 9:5-6; Romans 13:4

death penalty enacted

♦ burning

• Genesis 38:24; Daniel 3:6, 19-23

♦ hanging

• Genesis 40:22; Esther 2:23; 7:9-10

♦ beheading

• Genesis 40:19; 2 Kings 10:7; Matthew 14:10

♦ stoning

• 1 Kings 21:13; John 8:5, 59; Acts 7:58-59; Hebrews 11:35

♦ sword

• Exodus 32:27-28; 1 Samuel 15:8, 33; Acts 12:2

♦ crucifixion

• Matthew 27:35, 38; Mark 15:24, 27; Luke 23:33

♦ torn apart

♦ exposing to wild beasts

• Daniel 6:16, 24

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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