Punishment

How Nave’s arranged it

• DEATH PENALTY
• Will not be commutedNumbers 35:31
• In the Mosaic law the death penalty was inflicted
• For murderGenesis 9:5Genesis 9:6Numbers 35:16–21Numbers 35:30–33Deuteronomy 17:6
• For adulteryLeviticus 20:10Deuteronomy 22:24
• For incestLeviticus 20:11Leviticus 20:12Leviticus 20:14
• For bestialityExodus 22:19Leviticus 20:15Leviticus 20:16
• For sodomyLeviticus 18:22Leviticus 20:13
• For sexual immoralityDeuteronomy 22:21–24
• For the rape of a betrothed (engaged) virginDeuteronomy 22:25
• For perjuryZechariah 5:4
• For kidnappingExodus 21:16Deuteronomy 24:7

The passages, in Bible order (167)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 2:17

   but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 2:172 voices

   “What is the difference between saying 'ye shall die' and 'ye shall die the death'? We ought to point out that there is nothing superfluous in the command of God. Here is my solution. Since life and death are contradictory ideas, in unaffected language we say 'we live in life' and 'die in death.'

   “Knowing once more how the will of man could sway to either side, in anticipation God secured the grace given them by a command and by the place where he put them. For he brought them into his own garden and gave them a law so that, if they kept the grace and remained good, they might still keep the life in paradise without sorrow or pain or care, besides having the promise of incorruption in heaven.

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2. Genesis 9:5

   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:

   ›Commentary on Genesis 9:52 voices

   “Indeed, I will require your blood, and the blood of your souls from all beasts, and from the hand of man (Gen. IX, 5). He compared it to bestial malice, or rather even accumulated the wickedness of man beyond the ferocity of beasts, by saying: From the hand of the brother of man. Indeed, beasts have nothing in common with us in nature, and they are not bound by any brotherly right. If they harm humans, they harm them as strangers.

   “And He changed the food of men, giving them leave to eat flesh: for from Adam the first-formed until the Flood men ate only of seeds and the fruit of trees, and to eat flesh was not permitted to them.

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3. Genesis 9:6

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

   ›Commentary on Genesis 9:62 voices

   “Indeed, I will require your blood, and the blood of your souls from all beasts, and from the hand of man (Gen. IX, 5). He compared it to bestial malice, or rather even accumulated the wickedness of man beyond the ferocity of beasts, by saying: From the hand of the brother of man. Indeed, beasts have nothing in common with us in nature, and they are not bound by any brotherly right. If they harm humans, they harm them as strangers.

   “Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God have I made man. Hence it is manifest that God, both before the transgression and long after its occurrence, gave to man the same honour and power and …

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4. Genesis 38:24

   About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 38:242 voices

   “Bring her forth, and let her be burnt - As he had ordered Tamar to live as a widow in her own father’s house till his son Shelah should be marriageable, he considers her therefore as the wife of his son; and as Shelah was not yet given to her, and she is found with child, she is reputed by him as an adulteress, and burning, it seems, was anciently the punishment of this crime.

   “And it came to pass about three months after,....

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5. Genesis 39:20

   So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 39:202 voices

   “Therefore I might say Joseph was happier when he was put into prison, because he was giving witness on behalf of chastity. For modesty is a good gift but one of lesser merit when it involves no risk. Where, however, it is maintained at the risk of one's safety, there it wins a more abundant crown. With his case unheard, his truthfulness unexamined, Joseph is sent into prison as if guilty of a crime. But the Lord did not abandon him even in prison.

   “And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison,....

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6. Genesis 40:1

   Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 40:12 voices

   “(Chapter 40, Verse 1) After these words, the chief of the king of Egypt's wine cellar sinned. Where we have placed 'chief of the wine cellar' in Hebrew it is written 'Masec', that word which we have recently read in the name of Abraham's servant, whom we can call the cupbearer according to the custom of the common people.

   “And it came to pass after these things,.... After Joseph had been accused and cast into prison, where he had been for some time: that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt; committed some fault, at least were accused of one, which raised his displeasure at them.

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7. Genesis 40:22

   But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 40:221 voice

   “But he hanged the chief baker,.... The is, he ordered him to be hanged; because, as the same Targum says, he consulted to kill him (Pharaoh): as Joseph had interpreted to them; the events as to both answered to the interpretation Joseph had given of their several dreams.

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8. Exodus 20:3–5

   You shall have no other gods before Me.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 20:3–52 voices

   “God commands us by His prophet not to esteem any new God to be God, and not to worship any strange God. Now it is clear that that is called new which is not from everlasting, and on the contrary, that is called everlasting which is not new.

   “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

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9. Exodus 21:15

   Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 21:151 voice

   “And he that smiteth his father or his mother,....

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10. Exodus 21:16

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

    ›Commentary on Exodus 21:162 voices

    “And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him,....

    “He that stealeth a man - By this law every man-stealer, and every receiver of the stolen person, should lose his life; no matter whether the latter stole the man himself, or gave money to a slave captain or negro-dealer to steal him for him.

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11. Exodus 21:17

    Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 21:171 voice

    “And he that curseth his father, or his mother,....

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12. Exodus 22:18

    You must not allow a sorceress to live.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 22:181 voice

    “Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.

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13. Exodus 22:19

    Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 22:192 voices

    “In like manner as a man and woman, by carnal copulation; this is a crime so detestable and abominable, so shocking and dishonourable to human nature, that one would think it could never be committed by any of the human species, and that there was no occasion for making a law against it; but, such is the depravity and corruption of mankind, that divine wisdom saw it necessary, and, to deter from it, made it death, as follows; such an one shall surely be put to death; no mercy shown him, no pardon or respite given him by the civil magistrate: according to the Targum of Jonathan, the death of such a person was by stoning, for it paraphrases the words,"he shall be killed with the casting of stones.''

    “Lieth with a beast - If this most abominable crime had not been common, it never would have been mentioned in a sacred code of laws. It is very likely that it was an Egyptian practice; and it is certain, from an account in Sonnini’s Travels, that it is practiced in Egypt to the present day.

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14. Exodus 22:20

    If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 22:202 voices

    “Some people give no thought to the question of demons, that is to say, to the fact that these demons, in order to be able to exist in the heavy atmosphere that encircles the earth, must have the nourishment of exhalations and consequently are always on the lookout for the savor of burnt sacrifices, blood and incense. Since they attach no importance to the matter of sacrifice, we would express ourselves also on this subject.

    “He that sacrificeth unto any god,....

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15. Exodus 32:27

    He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

    ›Commentary on Exodus 32:272 voices

    “Let them hear how Moses, when he saw that God was angry with His people, and commanded swords to be taken for executing vengeance, declared those to be on God's side who should smite the crimes of the offenders without delay, saying, If any man is the Lord's, let him join himself to me; put every man his sword upon his thigh; go in and out from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and slay every man his brother and friend and neighbour.

    “And he said unto them, thus saith the Lord God of Israel,....

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16. Exodus 32:28

    The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 32:282 voices

    “And that He might increase in them this fear, immediately, by the mouth of offence, the rod of His chastisement was revealed, and after the offence the Chastiser gave them no respite, because their servitude was not worthy of His longsuffering. Above their head the …

    “And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses,....

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