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The courts must carry out the death penalty of decapitation with the sword

Commandment 547Positive commandmentParashat MishpatimThe Sanhedrin and the Penalties Under Their Jurisdiction

Scripture

"If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.

Hebrew

כ וְכִי-יַכֶּה אִישׁ אֶת-עַבְדּוֹ אוֹ אֶת-אֲמָתוֹ, בַּשֵּׁבֶט, וּמֵת, תַּחַת יָדוֹ--נָקֹם, יִנָּקֵם.

Greek

20 ἐὰν δέ τις πατάξῃ τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ ἢ τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ ἐν ῥάβδῳ, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ ὑπὸ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, δίκῃ ἐκδικηθήτω.

Classification

  • Parashah: Mishpatim
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 50
  • Mishneh Torah: Judges — The Sanhedrin and the Penalties Under Their Jurisdiction

Stated in

Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.