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The Death Penalty

Here is a list of several of the various offenses that the Tanakh / Old Testament Bible states are punishable by death: cursing your father or mother[40], being a disobedient son[41], disagreeing with a Levi priest’s judgment on a matter of dispute[42], having premarital sex*[43], committing adultery[44], engaging in wizardry[45], working on the Sabbath[46], and serving other gods besides YHWH / Yahweh / Jehovah while living in Israelite city borders[47].

If a community actually enforced these laws, would it be considered a utopia?


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[40] See Exodus 21:17

[41] See Deuteronomy 21:18-21

[42] See Deuteronomy 17:8-12

[43] See Deuteronomy 22:20-21

[44] See Leviticus 20:10

[45] See Leviticus 20:27

[46] See Exodus 31:15

[47] See Deuteronomy 17:2-5