Summary Capital Punishemnt Offenses

There are four modes of execution in Torah law: • Sekilah – stoning • Sereifah – burning (with molten lead down the throat, not fire) • Hereg – beheading • Chenek – strangulation Liable to stoning:

1. Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16)

   1. Idolatry – serving other gods (Deuteronomy 17:2–5)

   2. Molech worship (child sacrifice) (Leviticus 20:2–5)

   3. Necromancy / sorcery (Deuteronomy 18:11)

   4. Desecrating Shabbat (Numbers 15:32–36)

   5. Certain forms of incest (relations with mother, father’s wife, daughter-in-law, etc.) (Leviticus 20)

   6. Male homosexual relations (Leviticus 20:13)

   7. Bestiality (Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:15–16)

   8. Rebellious son (Deuteronomy 21:18–21)

   9. False prophet (Deuteronomy 18:20)

   10. One who entices others to idolatry (Deuteronomy 13:6–10)

Liable to burning:

1. A man who has relations with his daughter or granddaughter (Leviticus 20:14).

   1. A man with his daughter-in-law (Leviticus 20:12).

   2. A kohen’s daughter who commits adultery (Leviticus 21:9).

Liable to beheading

1. Murder (Exodus 21:12).

   1. A city that goes to idolatry (Ir Hanidachat, Deuteronomy 13:13–19).

Liable to strangulation:

1. Adultery with a married woman (Leviticus 20:10).

   1. Striking or cursing father or mother (Exodus 21:15, 17).

   2. Kidnapping and selling a fellow Jew (Exodus 21:16).

   3. False witnesses in capital cases (Deuteronomy 19:19).

   4. Incest with relatives not listed under stoning (Leviticus 18 & 20).