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) 2. Idolatry – serving other gods (Deuteronomy 17:2–5) 3. Molech worship (child sacrifice) (Leviticus 20:2–5) 4. Necromancy / sorcery (Deuteronomy 18:11) 5. Desecrating Shabbat (Numbers 15:32–36) 6. Certain forms of incest (relations with mother, father’s wife, daughter-in-law, etc.) (Leviticus 20) 7. Male homosexual relations (Leviticus 20:13) 8. Bestiality (Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:15–16) 9. Rebellious son (Deuteronomy 21:18–21) 10. False prophet (Deuteronomy 18:20) 11. 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). 2. A man with his daughter-in-law (Leviticus 20:12). 3. A kohen’s daughter who commits adultery (Leviticus 21:9).

Liable to beheading

1. Murder (Exodus 21:12). 2. A city that goes to idolatry (Ir Hanidachat, Deuteronomy 13:13–19).