613 commandments - [34 Sections]

the 613 Commandments in Judeaism


(20) - Punishment and Restitution - (285-308)

285. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword (Ex. 21:20; Lev. 26:25) (affirmative).

286. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation (Lev. 20:10) (affirmative).

287. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire (Lev. 20:14) (affirmative).

288. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by stoning (Deut. 22:24) (affirmative).

289. To hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penalty (Deut. 21:22) (affirmative).

290. That the dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over night (Deut. 21:23) (negative).

291. To inter the executed on the day of execution (Deut. 21:23) (affirmative)

292. Not to accept ransom from a murderer (Num. 35:31) (negative).

293. To exile one who committed accidental homicide (Num. 35:25) (affirmative).

294. To establish six cities of refuge (for those who committed accidental homicide) (Deut. 19:3) (affirmative).

295. Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile (Num. 35:32) (negative).

296. To decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed (in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered) (Deut. 21:4) (affirmative).

297. Not to plow nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer's neck was broken) (Deut. 21:4) (negative).

298. To adjudge a thief to pay compensation or (in certain cases) suffer death (Ex. 21:16; Ex. 21:37; Ex. 22:1) (affirmative). (Note: there is no Ex. 21:37 in Christian texts - Ex. 21:37 - Ex. 22:1 in Jewish text may in Christian texts be Ex. 22:1-2)

299. That he who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensation (Ex. 21:18-19) (affirmative).

300. To impose a penalty of fifty shekels upon the seducer (of an unbetrothed virgin) and enforce the other rules in connection with the case (Ex. 22:15-16) - (In Christian texts - (Ex. 22:16-17)) (affirmative).

301. That the violator (of an unbetrothed virgin) shall marry her (Deut. 22:28-29) (affirmative).

302. That one who has raped a damsel and has then (in accordance with the law) married her, may not divorce her (Deut. 22:29) (negative).

303. Not to inflict punishment on Shabbat (Ex. 35:3) (because some punishments were inflicted by fire) (negative).

304. To punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes (Deut. 25:2) - (In Christian texts - (Deut. 25:2-3)) (affirmative).

305. Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishment (Deut. 25:3) (and by implication, not to strike anyone)

306. Not to spare the offender, in imposing the prescribed penalties on one who has caused damage (Deut. 19:13) (negative).

307. To do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do (to the accused) (Deut. 19:19) (affirmative).

308. Not to punish any one who has committed an offense under duress (Deut. 22:26) (negative).