Thematic Bible: For capital offences


Thematic Bible



" 'As for a man who commits adultery with a man's wife, who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, [both] the man who commits adultery and the woman who commits adultery shall surely be put to death. Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceAdultery, Consequences OfChastityDeath penaltyHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsOne FleshUnfaithfulness, To PeopleCapital PunishmentAdulteryDeath Penalty For Sexual SinPunishmentPunishmentsSex Before MarriageInfidelitySame Sex Marriagecouplescheatersadultry

But if a man schemes against his neighbor to kill him by treachery, you will take him from my altar to die. Verse ConceptsSanctity Of LifePresumptuous PlansDeath Penalty For Killing


Then all the men of his city shall stone him with stones and let him die; and so you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all of Israel will hear, and they will fear. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstBanishmentPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf WillChildren, UngratefulFear Is DueInstructions About Stoning


And the man who treats with contempt [so as] not to listen to the priest [who] [is] standing to minister on behalf of Yahweh your God or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel. Verse Conceptsethics, socialDeath penaltyHigh Priest, In OtIrreverenceJudgesMinistry, Nature OfSin, Nature OfStubbornnessAnarchyDeath Penalty For Violence

[On] six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy [day], a {Sabbath of complete rest}, for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death. Verse ConceptsAbominationsRest, PhysicalSabbath, In OtWeeksThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSix DaysDay 7Doing One's WorkHoly TimesNo Work On Feast DaysRestWorking For GodWorking For The Lordworking

But if it was a goring ox {before} and its owner was warned and did not restrain it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox will be stoned, and the owner also will be put to death. Verse ConceptsHabitsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfStriking To DeathAnimals KillingDeath Penalty For ViolenceInstructions About StoningRules About Killing AnimalsUnpremeditated

But you shall certainly kill him; your hand shall be first against him to kill him and next the hand of all [of] the people. Verse ConceptsApproval To KillFirst To ActDeath Of A Family Member