Punishments

Antiquity of Genesis 4:13,14
Power of inflicting, given to magistrates Job 31:11; Romans 13:4
Designed to be a warning to others Deuteronomy 13:11; 17:13; 19:20
WERE INFLICTED
- On the guilty Deuteronomy 24:16; Proverbs 17:26
- Without pity Deuteronomy 19:13,21
- Without partiality Deuteronomy 13:6-8
- By order of magistrates Acts 16:22
- By order of kings 2 Samuel 1:13-16; 1 Kings 2:23-46
- Immediately after sentence was passed Deuteronomy 25:2; Joshua 7:25
- By the witnesses Deuteronomy 13:9; 17:7; John 8:7; Acts 7:58,59
- By the people Numbers 15:35,36; Deuteronomy 13:9
- By soldiers 2 Samuel 1:15; Matthew 27:27-35
Sometimes deferred until God was consulted Numbers 15:34
Sometimes deferred for a considerable time 1 Kings 2:5,6,8,9
SECONDARY KINDS OF
- Imprisonment Ezra 7:26; Matthew 5:25
- Confinement in a dungeon Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11
- Confinement in stocks Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 16:24
- Fine, or giving of money Exodus 21:22; Deuteronomy 22:19
- Restitution Exodus 21:36; 22:1-4; Leviticus 6:4,5; 24:18
- Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done Exodus 21:24; Deuteronomy 19:21
- Binding with chains and fetters Psalm 105:18
- Scourging Deuteronomy 25:2,3; Matthew 27:26; Acts 22:25; 2 Corinthians 11:24
- Selling the criminal Matthew 18:25
- Banishment Ezra 7:26; Revelation 1:9
- Torturing Matthew 18:34; Hebrews 11:37
- Putting out the eyes Judges 16:21; 1 Samuel 11:2
- Cutting off hands and feet 2 Samuel 4:12
- Mutilating the hands and feet Judges 1:5-7
- Cutting off nose and ears Ezekiel 23:25
- Plucking out the hair Nehemiah 13:25; Isaiah 50:6
- Confiscating the property Ezra 7:26
Inflicting of capital, not permitted to the Jews by the Romans John 18:31
CAPITAL KINDS OF
- Burning Genesis 38:24; Leviticus 20:14; Daniel 3:6
- Hanging Numbers 25:4; Deuteronomy 21:22,23; Joshua 8:29; 2 Samuel 21:12; Esther 7:9,10
- Crucifying Matthew 20:19; 27:35
- Beheading Genesis 40:19; Mark 6:16,27
- Slaying with the sword 1 Samuel 15:33; Acts 12:2
- Stoning Leviticus 24:14; Deuteronomy 13:10; Acts 7:59
- Cutting in pieces Daniel 2:5; Matthew 24:51
- Sawing asunder Hebrews 11:37
- Exposing to wild beasts Daniel 6:16,24; 1 Corinthians 15:32
- Bruising in mortars Proverbs 27:22
- Casting headlong from a rock 2 Chronicles 25:12
- Casting into the sea Matthew 18:6
Strangers not exempted from Leviticus 20:2
Were sometimes commuted Exodus 21:29,30
For murder not to be commuted Numbers 35:31,32

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