Deuteronomy 17:5
you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.
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- Lev 24:14 : 14 “Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.
- Josh 7:25 : 25 Joshua said,“Why have you brought disaster on us? The LORD will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death.(They also stoned and burned the others.)
- Lev 24:16 : 16 and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.
- Deut 13:10-11 : 10 You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the LORD your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery. 11 Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
- Deut 21:21 : 21 Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
- Deut 22:21 : 21 the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
- Deut 22:24 : 24 you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.
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- Deut 22:21-255 verses85%
21the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
22If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.
23If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her,
24you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.
25But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die.
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2Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant
- Deut 13:9-113 verses81%
9Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.
10You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the LORD your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
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4When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,
- Deut 17:6-72 verses81%
6At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
7The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
- Deut 21:21-222 verses80%
21Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
22Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,
- Lev 20:10-112 verses79%
10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
11If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
- Num 15:35-362 verses79%
35Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”
36So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
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27Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums“‘A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.’”
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14“Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.
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13If a man goes to bed with a male as one goes to bed with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
- Lev 24:16-172 verses76%
16and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.
17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
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12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.
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17If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.
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12The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
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2“You are to say to the Israelites,‘Any man from the Israelites or from the resident foreigners who live in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones.
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20Lying with a Slave Woman“‘When a man goes to bed with a woman for intercourse, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.
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40They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.
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19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
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12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.
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23Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Lev 20:15-162 verses73%
15If a man has sexual relations with any animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16If a woman approaches any animal to copulate with it, you must kill the woman, and the animal must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
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6“Tell the Israelites,‘When a man or a woman commits any sin that people commit, thereby breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is found guilty,
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47That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.
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14You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
- Exod 21:15-173 verses72%
15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
16“Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.
17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
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5As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.
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7If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
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18The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him.
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11For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.
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30“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.
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19“Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death.
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5In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”
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13and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–