Commandments About Death Penalty
4 biblical commandments from the Torah related to death penalty.
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The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoning
Deuteronomy 22:24
then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them to death; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor's wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
The courts must carry out the death penalty of burning
Leviticus 20:14
If there is a man who marries a woman and her mother, it is immorality; both he and they shall be burned with fire, so that there will be no immorality in your midst.
The courts must carry out the death penalty of decapitation with the sword
Exodus 21:20
"If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.
The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation
Leviticus 20:10
If there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife, one who commits adultery with his friend's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.