Mitzvah #549 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry“
Scripture Reference: DEU 21:22 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Ki Tetze)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כב וְכִי-יִהְיֶה בְאִישׁ, חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט-מָוֶת--וְהוּמָת: וְתָלִיתָ אֹתוֹ, עַל-עֵץ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
22 Ἐὰν δὲ γένηται ἔν τινι ἁμαρτία κρίμα θανάτου καὶ ἀποθάνῃ καὶ κρεμάσητε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ξύλου,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Ki Tetze
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: The Sanhedrin and the Penalties Under Their Jurisdiction
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments