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  2. Kareth - Wikipedia

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    In the Hebrew Bible, verbs that underlie the later use of the noun form kareth refer to forms of punishment including premature death, [3] or else exclusion from the people. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The former view is implied by verses stating that the punishment will be inflicted directly by God, [ 6 ] while the latter view may be suggested by verses which ...

  3. Crime and punishment in the Torah - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible is considered a holy text in most Abrahamic religions. It records a large number of events and laws that are endorsed or proscribed by the God of Israel . Judaism teaches that the Torah contains 613 commandments , many of which deal with crime and punishment , but only the Noahide Laws apply to humanity in general.

  4. Capital punishment in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    While the Bible very clearly condones and commands capital punishment, there are verses that can be interpreted as opposing the practice. For example, when Cain murdered Abel, God sentenced him to wandering as a fugitive rather than to death, and even issued a warning against killing Cain. A similar sentiment is suggested in Proverbs 28:17.

  5. List of major biblical figures - Wikipedia

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    The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.

  6. List of Bible dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    The Household Bible Dictionary [42] James Aitken Wylie: 1870 Beeton's Bible Dictionary [43] Samuel Orchart Beeton: 1871 A Bible dictionary for the use of all readers and students of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments of the books of the Apocrypha [44] Charles Boutell: Reissued as Haydn's Bible Dictionary (1879), named for Joseph ...

  7. Arrest - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, a person must be told that they are under arrest in simple, non-technical language, the essential legal and factual grounds for his arrest. A person must be 'cautioned' when being arrested or subject to a criminal prosecution procedure, unless this is impractical due to the behaviour of the arrested person.

  8. Arrest of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The arrest of Jesus was a pivotal event in Christianity recorded in the canonical gospels.It occurred shortly after the Last Supper (during which Jesus gave his final sermon), and immediately after the kiss of Judas, which is traditionally said to have been an act of betrayal since Judas made a deal with the chief priests to arrest Jesus.

  9. Naked fugitive - Wikipedia

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    Antonio da Correggio, The Betrayal of Christ, with a soldier in pursuit of Mark the Evangelist, c. 1522. The naked fugitive (or naked runaway or naked youth) is an unidentified figure mentioned briefly in the Gospel of Mark, immediately after the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and the fleeing of all his disciples: