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Being participant in sexual activity, in which a betrothed woman loses her virginity to another man [17] Raping a betrothed woman in the countryside. [18] Adultery with a married woman. [19] Both parties are to die. Marrying one's wife's mother. [20] This was in addition to one's wife; death is by burning.
Sins that were punishable by death include homicide, striking one's parents, kidnapping, cursing one's parents, witchcraft and divination, bestiality, worshiping other gods, violating the Sabbath, child sacrifice, adultery, incest, and male homosexual intercourse (there is no biblical legal punishment for lesbians mentioned). [2]
Matthew Henry described five categories of actions that constitute taking God's name in vain: 1) hypocrisy – making a profession of God's name, but not living up to that profession; 2) covenant breaking – if one makes promises to God yet does not carry out the promised actions; 3) rash swearing; 4) false swearing; and 5) using the name of ...
In the Hebrew Bible, verbs that underlie the later use of the noun form kareth refer to forms of punishment including premature death, [2] or else exclusion from the people. [3] [4] Kareth is the punishment for certain crimes and offences defined under Jewish law (e.g. eating the life blood of a living animal, eating suet, refusing to be ...
The Book of Leviticus (/ l ɪ ˈ v ɪ t ɪ k ə s /, from Ancient Greek: Λευιτικόν, Leuïtikón; Biblical Hebrew: וַיִּקְרָא , Wayyīqrāʾ, 'And He called'; Latin: Liber Leviticus) is the third book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book of Moses. [1]
In the Hebrew Bible, verbs that underlie the later use of the noun form kareth refer to forms of punishment including premature death, [3] or else exclusion from the people. [4] [5] The former view is implied by verses stating that the punishment will be inflicted directly by God, [6] while the latter view may be suggested by verses which ...
While alive, the eight sheratzim do not convey impurity. However, when one of them has died and is touched or shifted by a human being, it conveys impurity to that person. If he were a priest of Aaron's lineage who touched the animal's corpse, he is forbidden to eat of the hallowed things until he first immerses his body in a mikveh and has waited until the sun has set.
One man picked up sticks on the Sabbath, he was taken into custody because a punishment was not known. The L ORD told Moses that the man in custody must be killed. This particular crime and punishment is isolated case law.(Numbers 15:32–36) The man and woman when a man meets a betrothed woman in town and sleeps with her.