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The account of the ordeal of bitter water is given in the Book of Numbers: Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him, and a man lies sexually with her, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected; but she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, and ...
Article 104 – The size of the stone used in stoning shall not be too large to kill the convict by one or two throws and at the same time shall not be too small to be called a stone. [40] Depending upon the details of the case, the stoning may be initiated by the judge overseeing the matter or by one of the original witnesses to the adultery. [40]
Concerning the Story of the Adulteress in the Eighth Chapter of John, list marginal notes from several versions, extended discussion taken from Samuel P. Tregelles, lists extended excerpts from An Account of the Printed Text of the Greek New Testament (London, 1854), F.H.A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament ...
[1] Sacrificing offspring to Molech. [2] Worshipping Baal Peor. [3] A prophet who says to follow gods other than Yahweh. [4] A person who follows gods other than Yahweh. [5] A false prophet, one whose prophecies do not come to pass. [6]
A case against capital punishment can be made from John 8, where Jesus speaks words that can be construed as condemning the practice. [1] There are however many more Bible verses that command and condone capital punishment, and examples of it being carried out.
The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament sold on Wednesday for $5.04 million, more than double its high estimate. The stone, which dates back around 1,500 ...
[4] [5] During the Late Antiquity, the tendency of not applying the death penalty at all became predominant in Jewish courts. [6] In practice, where medieval Jewish courts had the power to pass and execute death sentences, they continued to do so for particularly grave offenses, although not necessarily the ones defined by the law. [ 2 ]
SOTS at 100: Centennial Essays of the Society for Old Testament Study. Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies. Vol. 650. London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark. ISBN 978-0-567-67364-0. Mayes, A. D. H., ed. (2000). Text in Context: Essays by Members of the Society for Old Testament Study. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198263913.