| TYPE OF 'OFFENCE' | SCRIPTURAL REFERENCE |
| FIRST CATEGORY-OFFENCES AGAINST GOD | |
| Cursing God | Lev 24:15,16 |
| Worship of False gods
a)worshiping other gods b)sacrificing to other gods c)Enticing others to worship other gods d)human sacrifice |
Numbers 25:5; Deut 17:2-5
Exodus 22:20 Deut 13:6,9,10 Leviticus 20:1,2 |
| Sorcery (feminine used) | Exodus 22:18 |
| Not observing sabbath day | Exodus 31:15 |
| Rebelling against God's Word (see also foot-note #1) | Joshua 1:18 |
| SECOND CATEGORY-OFFENCES AGAINST PARENTS | |
| Striking or cursing father and mother | Exodus 21:15,17 |
| Stubborn, rebellious son (also a drunkard) | Deut 21:18-21 |
| SEXUAL OFFENCES | |
| Adultery | Lev 20:10 (both parties executed) |
| Sex with father's wife | Lev 20:11 (both parties executed) |
| Sex with daughter in law | Lev 20:12 (both parties executed) |
| Sex with woman and her mother | Lev 20:14 (punished by being burnt alive!) |
| Infidelity-losing virginity whilst in father's house | Deut 22:20,21 |
| Infidelity-engaged woman having illicit sex | Deut 22:23,24 (both parties stoned) |
| Rape- man who rapes an engaged woman | Deut 22:25 |
| Homosexuality | Lev 20:13 |
| Sex with animals | Ex 22:19; Lev 20:15 (animal must also be put to death) |
| OFFENCES AGAINST OTHERS | |
| Murder (first degree) | Gen 9:6; Num 35:16-19;Lev 24:17 |
| Kidnaping | Exodus 21:16; Deut 24:7 |
| False witness causing a life to be taken | Deut 19:16-21 |
FOOT- NOTES
1. If the Israelites had kept their word (notice that
they gave their word voluntarily in Joshua 1:18) and executed all those
who rebelled against God's Word, there would probably be not many of them
left after a couple of generations!
2. Bringing an accursed thing into one's home makes one liable for destruction according to Deuteronomy Chapter 7 verse 26 (NIV). The Bible does not say whether this 'destruction' will come directly from God or will be mediated by man.