Capital Punishment

Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.

If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

You shall not murder.

If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.