Mitzvah #548 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation“
Scripture Reference: LEV 20:10 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Kedoshim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
If there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife, one who commits adultery with his friend's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
י וְאִישׁ, אֲשֶׁר יִנְאַף אֶת-אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ, אֲשֶׁר יִנְאַף, אֶת-אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ--מוֹת-יוּמַת הַנֹּאֵף, וְהַנֹּאָפֶת.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
10 ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἂν μοιχεύσηται γυναῖκα ἀνδρὸς ἢ ὃς ἂν μοιχεύσηται γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον, θανάτῳ θανατούσθωσαν ὁ μοιχεύων καὶ ἡ μοιχευομένη.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Kedoshim
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: The Sanhedrin and the Penalties Under Their Jurisdiction
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments