Courts, Crimes, and Punishments Commandments

There are 70 biblical commandments in the “Courts, Crimes, and Punishments” category — 31 positive and 39 negative.

+Positive Commandments (31)

131
The court must fine one who sexually seduces a maiden

Exodus 22:16

464
The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating

Exodus 22:5

465
The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit

Exodus 21:33

466
The court must judge the damages incurred by fire

Exodus 22:6

468
The court must implement punitive measures against a thief

Exodus 22:1

469
Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate

Leviticus 19:36

481
The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another's property

Exodus 21:18

484
The court must send the accidental murderer to a city of refuge

Numbers 35:25

487
Save someone from being killed by a blood avenger even by taking the life of the pursuer

Deuteronomy 25:12

490
Designate cities of refuge and prepare routes of access

Deuteronomy 19:3

491
Break the neck of a calf by the river valley following an unsolved murder

Deuteronomy 21:4

494
Make a guard rail around flat roofs

Deuteronomy 22:8

517
The courts must carry out the laws of a hired worker and hired guard

Exodus 22:10

524
The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower

Exodus 22:14

525
The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard

Exodus 22:7

538
The courts must carry out the laws of the plaintiff, admitter, or denier

Exodus 22:9

539
Carry out the laws of the order of inheritance

Numbers 27:8

540
Appoint judges

Deuteronomy 16:18

542
Decide by majority in case of disagreement

Exodus 23:2

545
The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoning

Deuteronomy 22:24

546
The courts must carry out the death penalty of burning

Leviticus 20:14

547
The courts must carry out the death penalty of decapitation with the sword

Exodus 21:20

548
The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation

Leviticus 20:10

549
The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry

Deuteronomy 21:22

550
Bury the executed on the day they are killed

Deuteronomy 21:23

553
The court must give lashes to the wrongdoer

Deuteronomy 25:3

563
Judge righteously

Leviticus 19:15

570
Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court

Leviticus 5:1

571
Carefully interrogate the witness

Deuteronomy 13:15

577
Punish the false witnesses as they tried to punish the defendant

Deuteronomy 19:19

578
Act according to the ruling of the Sanhedrin

Deuteronomy 17:11

−Negative Commandments (39)

470
Do not commit injustice with scales and weights

Leviticus 19:35

471
Do not possess inaccurate scales and weights even if they are not for use

Deuteronomy 25:13

472
Do not move a boundary marker to steal someone's property

Deuteronomy 19:14

473
Do not kidnap

Exodus 20:15

474
Do not rob

Leviticus 19:13

475
Do not withhold wages or fail to repay a debt

Leviticus 19:13

476
Do not covet and scheme to acquire another's possession

Exodus 20:17

482
Do not murder

Exodus 20:13

483
Do not accept monetary restitution to atone for a murderer

Numbers 35:31

485
Do not accept monetary restitution instead of being sent to a city of refuge

Numbers 35:32

486
Do not kill a murderer before he stands trial

Numbers 35:12

488
Do not pity a person who pursues an individual accused of murder

Numbers 35:12

492
Do not work nor plant the river valley where an unsolved murder occurred

Deuteronomy 21:4

493
Do not allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property

Deuteronomy 22:8

495
Do not put a stumbling block before a blind man

Leviticus 19:14

519
Do not delay payment of wages past the agreed time

Leviticus 19:13

541
Do not appoint judges who are not familiar with the Law

Deuteronomy 1:17

543
The court must not execute through a majority of one; at least a majority of two is required

Exodus 23:2

544
A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not present an argument for conviction in capital cases

Exodus 23:2

551
Do not delay burial overnight

Deuteronomy 21:23

552
The court must not let the sorcerer live

Exodus 22:18

554
The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashes

Deuteronomy 25:3

555
The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial evidence

Exodus 23:7

556
The court must not punish anybody who was forced to do a crime

Deuteronomy 22:26

557
A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at the trial

Deuteronomy 19:13

558
A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the trial

Leviticus 19:15

559
A judge must not respect the great man at the trial

Leviticus 19:15

560
A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor

Exodus 23:6

561
A judge must not pervert justice

Leviticus 19:15

564
The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment

Deuteronomy 1:17

565
Judges must not accept bribes

Exodus 23:8

566
Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are present

Exodus 23:1

569
Do not curse any upstanding Israelite

Leviticus 19:14

572
A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes

Numbers 35:30

573
Do not accept testimony from a lone witness

Deuteronomy 19:15

574
Habitual transgressors must not testify

Exodus 23:1

575
Relatives of the litigants must not testify

Deuteronomy 24:16

576
Do not testify falsely

Exodus 20:16

579
Do not deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin

Deuteronomy 17:11

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96 commandments · 50+ / 46−

Appointed Times

41 commandments · 23+ / 18−

Idolatry

40 commandments · 2+ / 38−

Levites & Priests

35 commandments · 10+ / 25−

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35 commandments · 9+ / 26−

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