5485 punishment, legal aspects of
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The law sets out details of penalties which may be imposed upon people as a result of their committing of offences.

Just punishments

Banishment

Genesis 3:23 See also 2 Samuel 14:13-14; Ezra 7:26; Job 18:18; Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 23:8; Jeremiah 29:14; Zechariah 5:3

Beating

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

Burning

Genesis 38:24 See also Leviticus 20:14; Leviticus 21:9; Daniel 3:6

Confiscation of property

Esther 8:1 See also Ezra 10:8

Hanging

Joshua 8:29 See also Deuteronomy 21:22-23; Joshua 10:26; 1 Samuel 31:8-10; 2 Samuel 4:12

Hanging is sometimes a self-inflicted punishment:

2 Samuel 17:23; Matthew 27:5 2 Samuel 21:9-10; Galatians 3:13

Impaling

Ezra 6:11 See also Genesis 40:19-22

Hanging was by impaling among the Persians:

Esther 2:23 fn; Esther 5:14

Stoning

Exodus 19:12-13 See also Exodus 21:29; Leviticus 20:2,27

The punishment for blasphemy:

Leviticus 24:14,16,23 Numbers 15:36; Deuteronomy 13:10; Deuteronomy 17:5; Deuteronomy 21:21; Deuteronomy 22:21,24; Joshua 7:25; 1 Kings 21:13-15

Unjust punishments and persecutions

Banishment

Acts 18:2

Beating

Matthew 27:26 pp Mark 15:15 pp John 19:1 See also Isaiah 53:5; Acts 16:37; 2 Corinthians 11:24

Beheading

Matthew 14:9-10 pp Mark 6:27 See also Mark 6:16; Acts 12:2; Revelation 20:4

Being thrown to wild animals

Daniel 6:16; 1 Corinthians 15:32

Hanging

Acts 5:30 See also Acts 10:39

Imprisonment

Acts 5:18 See also Genesis 39:20-22; 1 Kings 22:27; Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 38:6; Acts 12:4; Acts 16:23; Acts 23:35; Acts 26:10; 2 Corinthians 11:23; Hebrews 11:36

Stoning

Acts 7:59 See also 1 Kings 12:18 pp 2 Chronicles 10:18; Lamentations 3:53; Matthew 21:35; Acts 14:19; 2 Corinthians 11:25; Hebrews 11:37

Confiscation of property

1 Kings 21:15-16 See also 2 Samuel 16:4

See also

5257  civil authorities
5275  cremation
5277  criminals
5313  flogging
5331  hanging
5344  imprisonment
5375  law
5475  property
5557  stoning
7346  death penalty
8794  persecution



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