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MARCH 31
DAY 30:What specific crimes were listed in the Old Testament as deserving the death penalty?
CRIME SCRIPTURE REFERENCE
1. Premeditated Murder Genesis 9:6; Exodus 21:12–14,22,23
2. Kidnapping Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7
3. Striking or Cursing Parents Exodus 21:15; Leviticus 20:9; Proverbs 20:20; Matthew 15:4;
Mark 7:10
4. Magic and Divination Exodus 22:18
5. Bestiality Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:15,16
6. Sacrificing to False Gods Exodus 22:20
7. Profaning the Sabbath Exodus 35:2; Numbers 15:32–36
8. Offering Human Sacrifice Leviticus 20:2
9. Adultery Leviticus 20:10–21; Deuteronomy 22:22
10. Incest Leviticus 20:11,12,14
11. Homosexuality Leviticus 20:13
12. Blasphemy Leviticus 24:11–14,16,23
13. False Prophecy Deuteronomy 13:1–10
14. Incorrigible Rebelliousness Deuteronomy 17:12;21:18–21
15. Fornication Deuteronomy 22:20,21
16. Rape of Betrothed Virgin Deuteronomy 22:23–27

shall not come inside the camp. But it shall
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MARCH 31 be, when evening comes, that he shall wash
with water; and when the sun sets, he may
come into the camp.
Deuteronomy 23:1–24:22
12 “Also you shall have a place outside the
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“He who is emasculated by crushing or camp, where you may go out; and you shall
23 mutilation shall not enter the assembly have an implement among your equipment,
of the LORD. and when you sit down outside, you shall dig
2 “One of illegitimate birth shall not enter with it and turn and cover your refuse. For
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the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth the LORD your God walks in the midst of your
generation none of his descendants shall enter camp, to deliver you and give your enemies
the assembly of the LORD. over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy,
3 “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter that He may see no unclean thing among you,
the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth and turn away from you.
generation none of his descendants shall enter 15 “You shall not give back to his master the
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the assembly of the LORD forever, because slave who has escaped from his master to you.
they did not meet you with bread and water on 16 He may dwell with you in your midst, in the
the road when you came out of Egypt, and be- place which he chooses within one of your
cause they hired against you Balaam the son gates, where it seems best to him; you shall
of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse not oppress him.
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you. Nevertheless the LORD your God would 17 “There shall be no ritual harlot of the
not listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God daughters of Israel, or a perverted one of the
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turned the curse into a blessing for you, sons of Israel. You shall not bring the wages
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because the LORD your God loves you. You of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of
shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for
all your days forever. both of these are an abomination to the LORD
7 “You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your God.
your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, 19 “You shall not charge interest to your
because you were an alien in his land. The brother—interest on money or food or any-
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children of the third generation born to them thing that is lent out at interest. To a foreigner
may enter the assembly of the LORD. you may charge interest, but to your brother
9 “When the army goes out against your ene- you shall not charge interest, that the LORD
mies, then keep yourself from every wicked your God may bless you in all to which you set
thing. If there is any man among you who your hand in the land which you are entering
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becomes unclean by some occurrence in the to possess.
night, then he shall go outside the camp; he 21 “When you make a vow to the LORD your
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