FOUR
Capital Punishment
A the time that we ae wing thi, coun te dived on
whether ection san acceptable human practice nda
courts wih wide edo and advance ition,
‘oF higher earings abou thi erally ax wall inviuasand
ups and clus denominations within these counties debate shi
Sheth uth iis mao, wether si deeds whee i
lcs es om conus crimes, What coud one arom the
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ate the obs fs ew lk Baal pry as ary anything ao
ita the pre add some niger dination he
Law
The ible places such igh ale human yea code allow
extn Inded thy one than jt allow ie They al fr excaton
foe many fens hat wold ot be cp mesa dhe Urine Sees or
Europe o in many other nations in thi century, Thee are moe shan
went ofthe ap fess he Ble They ate of oo Kind
(eeime of «scala, monly invoing either aking ie sexual
ers an (2) xe reign nate They ae
Mure (Bao e- Ler2¢7)
‘Owmerip af dang ai dh il hana Ed 238-9)
Kap pean ol aie ad 26; De 46)
‘Siig ren Eu 33)
Caines ues Ed a: Lev 29)
‘linn hl (Dot 8-2
apa eh vin Des 229)
ey toh need es; Dew 282)
Sev with ont ah weber ced (Le 308)
Scowith one rine at aad Le 22)
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Sccwitha othr ad heralded (Ue
‘Sccith anand 28 Lev 201-16)
‘Shanley pe ugh L219)
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Waking on he bh Bo 35352)
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Planing se die ane en 8)
Taking vn De 6c 8)
Serf (sa 27)
CConlinga med (borin (L237)
Pg wep (Dea 72-4) a nn oben egg (Da 2-12
Sain to ater _gnde “ill Be comply dowel Uw
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poner wh fat rhe gh (Dea 2-4)
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kde involve taking es js 2s murder does ur iis ab igo
tet Sel misbehave by 4 pists daughter ives an fee apis
the salt ofthe mara ost the pos les do, buts alo comps
fale wo the therfore sexual ctv among the soil ws. A
there fin, oerarhing tenes ener bth soil and eligi
laws ex presumprouly depnding the decom of higher autores
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‘80ers ofthese ls They are Fun he Bible wich
rac these Lan in vais gre, As we ned et, we humans
cally syomcicd, with bicameral bring and we hme ¢ nl
tendency to group things. wally ite two Kinds, so undead them
bee Thee saying that there are wo kis of people tone who
vide people ino r Kindh a hone whe dent Sof yo find ay of
‘toring thse casi way ha i mare meng to os Fl
Meanwhile, sme spc points about some of thee exes a
import.
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si the mater oF excuion fr mur, Asin rt tw ces, fe
ancien 1 meen, the Bible dingihesberwcen mune ad a
Saher The dsincon in ee wn xd atoll xpi, One
who ther ie by acid, witout acening to donno xc
This isemnsughecr, ot mardr For mandght th ii aw peo
ide cites of cle, plies where the mansayr can go and be prose
feo the dead penn elie he “bo avenger) Thee sre
‘mani as protein, aa punishment They ae owns not psn Thy
woul preven bak and-foreh vender fom deep bere te
fais themansbyer apd thei. And bow lng mu he manly
sey therein the cy hag?
ini of fae a he igh pri deat
Air that he fre to evs an the lo avenger in longer fi ll
hi or be).
Now why shold the ih rc’ dent change nyhing? The fier
of etal bill schaluip in the at intent cent the Ges
Scola Jas Welham, asked: why the high prise and noe the King?
Whar ane ws tht this text as writen davig te pid hen
thf sonny mar under the pomer af che Pesan Emp Thre wee
0 moe Jewish Kings a that tc, 0 the authors made the law aot
the high pre? Wehauser ie wat lag, but i ws nr core.
Fin evidence ha moun in he at ewe Scie hth aw doe ot
‘came fom te Resin pte afer al. Ie machete. Man, perhaps
tow, acl al low dhe Pesan dating, Bt the Language thst
sour asthe Priel source, oF or shar comes from amc
Cather petind of Hebrew. This and oer viene ine sa his ew
ome rom a ime when Joh wail an independent couney ad had
‘ings Taiorl levee sl anders the text ome frm Moses
himsel, which would beeen ete So her by eal or wditiona
bing we ned in sen eer ean ny the mayer ne depends
‘onthe high pres death
‘second development shat has cle Wella wie ino quer
tion isthe ince recognition of the temendos importance of
topology in sadn she Bie, iy Weller’ ay stony was he
‘gueen cence of oa eI the 17a and 980, teary sais made
{partially big impact on our ste he 1908 and 2000 ano
logs the sy of human cultures, iereed in impact. The wasn
that ping ou ofthe yf refige depen the high pets death
fenot bcae, bisricly here wat no king The ren i uch more
ebably becuz, ula he igh oes connect wt atone
Tn the triguing Bical lw of the seapegoat we see a ctemony in
thc all the people’ sns ae smbolcaly placed om post. which i
Aven ay! Thay lf thsi are stone for An hs eemony i
{scined withthe halday known ss the Day of Atonement (Yow
‘Kipper Non only the high pit can perform thi ual ofthe sae
ft, Special he i esrb ae the pist shom ane wll anit.”
‘Compa the wording ofthe Iw of the mualayer in the cy of fag
he mt say theres pial "ul he dest ofthe igh pis om
‘ne amannd” Th dsngised cheat Moshe Grenier copied
thisconneston a wel, He wrote "The soe pone whose rious
‘ub importance might endow hs death with expnary vale for the
people at arge sehe high pies
‘What hitmen eta a uma death wh aused by another
human, regu some sort of expation. The communi has to do
oman We may be execution. may be an stonementshroagh the
igh pres, Bast camno be lei unresolved. Thus cher his amazingtes ne nen ap ued on tn
{ook its life or what the ciscumstances were:
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sd asm emg wah ht wal be ee with
and wold othe sede an th shal ek thei nee
the wa And the pc 0 of Lev dl go onan
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fae andy dpa ay hl by th ol And
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