Comment: – People that want to implement all the Bible teachings in our society
have to deal with all the activities that would require the death penalty. A lot of
stoning will be necessary. It seems to me using the Bible as a bases for justice
would be a backward step. I think our secular system of justice is much better.
Some of the death penalties verses are listed below.
Numbers 15:32 -36
- 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they
found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 31:14 – 15
- 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the
LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.(Death for anyone working on the Sabbath — even gathering sticks.
Also according to the Bible the Sabbath is on Saturday.)
- Deuteronomy 22:23 – 25
- 23 If a damsel [that is] a virgin be betrothed unto an husband,
and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man
force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: (Death to a betrothed virgin that commits adultery {or is raped?} and doesn’t cry out)
- Deuteronomy 22:20 – 21
- 20 But if this thing be true, [and the tokens of] virginity be
not found for the damsel:
21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you. - (Death to a woman if she is not found to be a virgin on
her wedding night)
- Leviticus 20:10 – 16
- 10. And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man’s
wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the
adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered
his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood
[shall be] upon them.12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall
surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood [shall be]
upon them.13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both
of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood [shall be] upon them.14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness:
they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no
wickedness among you.15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to
death: and ye shall slay the beast.16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto,
thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death;
their blood [shall be] upon them. - (Death to adulterers and homosexuals.
Even if a man is the instigator of adultery, the woman that is involved
must also die. Even if a man or a woman instigates lying with an
animal, the animal involved must die.)
- Exodus 22:20
- 20 He that sacrificeth unto [any] god, save unto the LORD only,
he shall be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 17:2 – 5
- 2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and enquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel:
5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman,
which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. - (Death to anyone that serves any other God than the one
prescribed.No tolerance for any other religion — death to the unbeliever or the believer in another religion — complete intolerance of other belief systems, except the prescribed one.)
- Deuteronomy 13:1 – 2
- 1. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
Deuteronomy 13:5
- 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to
death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which
brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.6. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy
daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not
known, thou, nor thy fathers;7 [Namely], of the gods of the people which [are] round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth;8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon
him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- (Death to someone that entices you to go after other Gods — other religions or belief systems)
- Deuteronomy 18:20
- 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my
name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. - (Death to false prophets — how can you tell? — wide open for abuse!!)
- Leviticus 24:16
- 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall
surely be put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the LORD], shall be put to death. - (Death to anyone that blasphemes the name of God even if he is not a follower of that God)
- Exodus 21:20
- 17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:9
- 9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be
surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood [shall
be] upon him. - (Death to the man that curses his father or his mother)
- Leviticus 24:14
- 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard [him] lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
- (Death to the person that curses)
Exodus 21:15 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
(Death to one that smites father or mother)
Deuteronomy 21:18 18. If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.
21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that
he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear,
and fear.
(Death to a stubborn or a rebellious son)
Exodus 22:19 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
(Death to anyone that lies with an animal)
Leviticus 21:9 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by
playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
(Death to a priest’s daughter that plays the prostitute)
Leviticus 20:27 27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them.
(Death to mediums and wizards)
Exodus 22:18 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
(Death to any witch)
Exodus 21:28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit.
29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past,
and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath
killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
(Death to the man that does not control his known dangerous ox)
Numbers 3:38
- 38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 3:10
- 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- (Death for the stranger that is in the wrong place)
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