Death penalty

Death penalty in the Bible

  • For all these „crimes“ the bible wants you to punish you with capital punishment
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  • In the Old Testament:
  • – all adulterers (Leviticus 20:10)
  • – all onanists (Genesis 38:8-10)
  • – all sorceresses (Exodus 22:18)
  • – all false prophets (Zechariah 13:3; Leviticus 20:27)
  • – all sinners (Ezekiel 18:4)
  • – all the curious (1 Samuel 6:19-20)
  • – all non-Hebrews and their livestock (Deuteronomy 20:16-17) –
        all uncircumcised (Genesis 17:14)
  • – sons of sinners (Isaiah 14:21)
  • – all unbelievers (2 Chronicles 15:12-13)
  • – anyone who curses God (Leviticus 24:16)
  • – any child who strikes their parents (Exodus 21:15)
  • – children who disobey their parents (Deuteronomy 21:20)
  • – all who curse their father or mother (Leviticus 20:9)
  • – all who work on the Sabbath (Exodus 31:15)
  • – foreigners who approach the temple (Numbers 1:48-51)
  • – all male enemies after a victorious battle (Deuteronomy 20:13)
  • – any bride who is not a virgin (Deuteronomy 22:21)
  • – those who worship false gods (Numbers 25:1-9; Deuteronomy 13:13-16)
  • – anyone who kills another (Leviticus 24:17)
  • – anyone who eats blood (Leviticus 7:27)
  • – anyone who has sexual intercourse during menstruation (Leviticus 20:18)
  • – anyone who neglects the Passover (Numbers 9:13)
  • Also in the New Testament:
  • – all homosexuals (Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1:21-32)
  • – disobedient children (Exodus 21:17; Mark 7:10)
  • – illegitimate children (Revelation 2:23)
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  • In the New Testament, the death penalty is demanded for insolent boys, illegitimate children, and homosexuals.