which prescribe the death penalty for a wide variety of acts other than murder? Dont all of the following warrant execution?
* (a) striking your father or mother (Ex.21:15);
* (b) kidnapping (Ex. 21:6 RSV);
* (c) cursing your father or mother (Ex. 21:17 RSV, Lev. 20:9);
* (d) touching a mountain (Ex. 19:12 RSV);
* (e) allowing your ox to gore someone (Ex. 21:29);
* (f) lying with a beast (Ex. 22:19) RSV, Lev. 20:15-16);
* (g) sacrificing to other gods (Ex. 22:20 RSV);
* (h) failing to observe the Sabbath (Ex. 31:14-15);
* (i) drinking strong drinks while in the tabernacle (Lev. 10:9);
* (j) committing adultery (Lev. 20:10 RSV, Deut. 22:22);
* (k) lying with your father's wife (Lev. 20:11 RSV);
* (l) lying with your daughter-in-law (Lev. 20:12 RSV);
* (m) committing homosexual acts (Lev. 20:13 RSV);
* (n) being a medium or a wizard (Lev. 20:27 RSV);
* (o) being a witch (Ex. 22:18);
* (p) being a priest's daughter and becoming a whore (Lev. 21:9 RSV);
* (q) Blaspheming the name of the Lord (Lev. 24:16);
* cursing (Lev. 24:14 RSV);
* (s) coming near the priesthood (Num. 3:10);
* (t) being a stranger who comes near the congregation's tabernacle (Num. 3:38);
* (u) gathering sticks on the Sabbath (Num. 15:32-35);
* (v) serving or worshipping other gods (Deut. 17:2-5 RSV);
* (w) showing contempt for the Lord's priest or judge (Deut. 17:12 NIV);
* (x) failing to obey one's parents (Deut. 21:18-21);
* (y) not being a virgin on your wedding day (Deut. 22:20-21 NIV);
* (z) being a betrothed virgin who did not cry out when seduced (Deut. 22:23-24);
* (aa) having relations with your wife and her mother (Lev. 20:14);
* (bb) telling people to seek other gods (Deut. 13:2,5); and
* (cc) being a false prophet (Deut. 18:20).
2006-07-03
04:43:43
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