List of capital crimes in the Torah

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According to the Torah (or Mosaic Law), these are the offenses which may merit the death penalty in a Jewish major court of 23 judges.

  1. Murder, applies to Noachides as well (Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12-14, Leviticus 24:17-23, Numbers 35:9-34)
  2. Striking a parent (Exodus 21:15)
  3. Cursing a parent (Exodus 21:17, Leviticus 20:9)
  4. The "degenerate son" (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
  5. Kidnapping (Exodus 21:16, Deuteronomy 24:7)
  6. Negligent homicide, specifically by ox-goring (Exodus 21:28-32)
  7. Sorcery and Augury (Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:27)
  8. Bestiality (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 20:15-16)
  9. Sacrificing to gods other than God alone (Exodus 22:20, Leviticus 27:29)
  10. Sabbath breaking (Exodus 31:12-17, 35:2, Numbers 15:32-36)
  11. Sacrificing to Molech, probably Human sacrifice (Leviticus 20:1-5)
  12. Adultery (Leviticus 20:10)
  13. Incest (Leviticus 20:11-12)
  14. Male homosexual sexual relations (Leviticus 20:13, Leviticus 18:22, see also Leviticus 18)
  15. Marrying your wife's mother (Leviticus 20:14)
  16. Prostitution by the daughter of a priest (Leviticus 21:9)
  17. Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:10-16)
  18. worshipping Baal Peor (Numbers 25:1-9)
  19. False prophecy (Deuteronomy 13:1-10, 17:2-7, 18:20-22)
  20. Contempt of court (Deuteronomy 17:8-13)
  21. False witness to a capital crime (Deuteronomy 19:15-21)
  22. Unchastity among those engaged to marry (Deuteronomy 22:13-29)

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