Death
Penalty Shall not be remitted, Num.35:31.
In the Mosaic law the death penalty was inflicted for murder, Gen.9:5,
6;
Num.35:16-21,
30-33;
Deut.17:6; adultery, Lev.20:10;
Deut.22:24;
incest, Lev.20:11,
12,
14;bestiality, Ex.22:19;
Lev.20:15,
16;sodomy, Lev.18:22;
20:13;incontinence,
Deut.22:21-24;
rape of a betrothed virgin, Deut.22:25;
perjury, Zech.5:4;
kidnapping, Ex.21:16;
Deut.24:7;
upon a priest's daughter, who committed fornication, Lev.21:9;
for witchcraft, Ex.22:18;
offering human sacrifice, Lev.20:2-5;
for striking or cursing father or mother, Ex.21:15,
17;
Lev.20:9; disobedience to parents, Deut.21:18-21;
theft, Zech.5:3,
4;blasphemy, Lev.24:11-14,
16,
23;for Sabbath desecration, Ex.35:2;
Num.15:32-36;
for prophesying falsely, or propagating false doctrines, Deut.13:1-10;
sacrificing to false gods, Ex.22:20;
refusing to abide by the decision of court, Deut.17:12;
for treason, 1Kin.
2:25; Esth.2:23;
sedition, Acts5:36,
37.
Modes
of Execution of Death Penalty Burning,
Gen.38:24; Lev.20:14;
21:9;
Jer.29:22; Ezek.23:25;
Dan.3:19-23;
stoning, Lev.20:2,
27;
24:14;
Num.14:10; 15:33-36;
Deut.13:10; 17:5;
22:21,
24;
Josh.7:25; 1Kin.
21:10; Ezek.16:40;
hanging, Gen.40:22;
Deut.21:22,
23;
Josh.8:29; beheading, Matt.14:10;
Mark6:16,
27,
28;crucifixion, Matt.27:35,
38;
Mark15:24,
27;
Luke23:33; the sword, Ex.32:27,
28;
1Kin. 2:25,
34,
46;
Acts12:2. Executed by the witnesses, Deut.13:9;
17:7;
Acts7:58; by the congregation, Num.15:35,
36;
Deut.13:9. Not inflicted on testimony of less than two witnesses, Num.35:30;
Deut.17:6;
19:15.
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