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  2. Law of Moses - Wikipedia

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    The Law of Moses or Torah of Moses (Hebrew: תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה ‎, Torat Moshe, Septuagint Ancient Greek: νόμος Μωυσῆ, nómos Mōusē, or in some translations the "Teachings of Moses" [1]) is a biblical term first found in the Book of Joshua 8:31–32, where Joshua writes the Hebrew words of "Torat Moshe תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה ‎" on an altar of stones at Mount Ebal.

  3. Forbidden relationships in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    A mamzer in Jewish law is a child resulting from an incestuous liaison or an adulterous liaison by a married woman. [38] This is not necessarily the same definition as a bastard by other societies, as it does not include a child of an unmarried woman.) [ 38 ] As a mamzer is excluded from the assembly ( Deuteronomy 23:3 ), the Talmud forbids a ...

  4. Capital punishment in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    The institution of capital punishment in Jewish law is defined in the Law of Moses (Torah) in multiple places. The Mosaic Law provides for the death penalty to be inflicted upon those persons convicted of the following offenses: adultery (for a married woman and her lover) [12] [13] bestiality [14] blasphemy [15] child sacrifice [16]

  5. List of capital crimes in the Torah - Wikipedia

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    Certain forms of incest, namely if it involves the father's wife or a daughter-in-law. [21] Other forms of incest receive lesser punishment; sexual activity with a sister/stepsister is given excommunication for a punishment; [ 22 ] if it involves a brother's wife or an uncle's wife it is just cursed [ 23 ] and sexual activity with an aunt that ...

  6. Rape in the Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    Regarding 22:25–27, Craig S. Keener (1996) considered it a rape scenario, comparing it to the Laws of Eshnunna §26. [ d ] He noted that "if no one else was present as a witness of her innocence but she was clearly violated, biblical law assumes [the woman's] innocence without requiring witnesses (22:27); she does not bear the burden of proof ...

  7. Ten Commandments - Wikipedia

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    According to the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jesus completed rather than rejected the Mosaic law. [113] The Ten Commandments are considered eternal gospel principles necessary for exaltation. [114] They appear in the Book of Mosiah 12:34–36, [115] 13:15–16, [116] 13:21–24 [117] and Doctrine and Covenants ...

  8. Ordeal of the bitter water - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  9. Deuteronomic Code - Wikipedia

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    The Deuteronomic Code is the name given by academics to the law code set out in chapters 12 to 26 of the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible. [1] The code outlines a special relationship between the Israelites and Yahweh [2] and provides instructions covering "a variety of topics including religious ceremonies and ritual purity, civil and criminal law, and the conduct of war". [1]