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Religious practices

• Sacrificing
  Sacrifice
  
  Sacrifice is commonly known as the practice of offering food, objects , or the lives of animals or people to the deity as an act of propitiation or worship....
   to gods other than God alone
• Passing children through the fire to/as [MLK]. The triconsonantal root MLK has traditionally been translated as if it were the name of an otherwise unattested deity - Molech - but may just describe a type of sacrifice. It is generally thought that this refers to a form of Human sacrifice
  Human sacrifice
  
  Human sacrifice is the act of killing human beings as part of a religious ritual . Its typology closely parallels the various practices of ritual slaughter of animals and of religious sacrifice in general....
   similar to that of which the Phoenicia
  Phoenicia
  
  Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal regions of modern day Lebanon, extending to parts of Israel, Syria and the Palestinian territories....
  ns (particularly in Carthage
  Carthage
  
  Carthage refers both to an ancient city in present-day Tunisia, and a modern-day suburb of Tunis. The civilization that developed within the city's sphere of influence is referred to as Punic or Carthaginian....
  ) have historically been widely accused
• worshipping Baal Peor
• False prophecy
  False prophet
  
  In religion, the term false prophet is a label given to a person who is viewed as illegitimately claiming charismatic authority within a religious group....
  
• Necromancy
  Necromancy
  
  Necromancy is a form of divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon "operative spirits" or "spirits of divination", for multiple reasons, from spiritual protection to wisdom....
  , according to the masoretic text; specifically those who are masters over ghosts (Hebrew: Ba'al ob) and those who gain information from the dead (Hebrew: Yidde'oni). The Septuagint instead condemns gastromancy
  Ventriloquism
  
  Ventriloquism is an act of stagecraft in which a person manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere....
   (Greek: eggastrimuthos), and enchantment
  Enchantment
  
  Enchantment may refer to:*Incantation or enchantment, a magical spell, charm or bewitchment, in traditional fairy tales or fantasy*the sense of Wonder or Delight...
   (Greek: epaoidos).
• According to the masoretic text
  Masoretic Text
  
  The Masoretic Text is the Hebrew language text of the Jewish Bible . It defines not just the Development of the Jewish Bible canon, but also the precise letter-text of the biblical books in Judaism, as well as their niqqud and cantillation for both public reading and private study....
  , practitioners of kashaph - incanting
  Incantation
  
  An incantation or incantations are the words spoken during a ritual, either a hymn or prayer invoking or praising a deity, or in magic , occultism, witchcraft with the intention of casting a Spell or an object or a person....
   maleficium
  Maleficium (sorcery)
  
  Maleficium is a Latin language term meaning "wrongdoing" or "mischief" and is used to describe malevolent, dangerous, or harmful magic, "evildoing" or "Malevolent Sorcery" In general, the term applies to any magical act intended to cause harm or death to people or property....
  . According to the Septuagint
  Septuagint
  
  The Septuagint , or simply "LXX", is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the 3rd century BC and 1st century BC in Alexandria....
   version of the same passages, pharmakeia - poison
  Poison
  
  In the context of biology, poisons are Chemical substance that can cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism....
  ers. Historically this passage has been translated into english using vague terminology, condemning witchcraft
  Witchcraft
  
  Witchcraft, in various historical, anthropological, religious and mythological contexts, is the use of certain kinds of supernatural or Magic powers....
   in general.
• Blasphemy
  Blasphemy
  
  Blasphemy is the disrespectful use of the name of one or more Deity. It may include using sacred names as stress expletives without intention to pray or speak of sacred matters; it is also sometimes defined as language expressing disapproved beliefs, or disbelief....
  
• Sabbath breaking
  Sabbath breaking
  
  Sabbath breaking is defined as "not observing the holy Sabbath day", and is usually considered a sin within traditional Sabbath in Christianity and classical Shabbat....
  

Sexual practices

• Rape
  Rape
  
  Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent....
   by a man of a betrothed
  Betrothal
  
  Betrothal is a formal state of engagement to be marriage.Historically betrothal was a formal contract, blessed or officiated by a religious authority....
   woman in the countryside
• Being either participant in urban sexual activity, in which a betrothed
  Betrothal
  
  Betrothal is a formal state of engagement to be marriage.Historically betrothal was a formal contract, blessed or officiated by a religious authority....
   woman consensually loses her virginity to a man
• Loss of virginity
  Virginity
  
  A Virgin is, originally, a woman who has never had sexual intercourse. Virginity is the state of being a virgin. The term has traditionally also been applied to men....
   by a woman prior to marriage, to someone other than her husband
• Adultery
  Adultery
  
  Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse between a marriage and another person who is not his or her spouse, though in many places it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someone who is not her husband and in others it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someon...
   with a married woman. Sexual activity between a married man and an unmarried woman was not forbidden.
• Marrying your wife's mother
• Certain forms of Incest
  Incest
  
  Incest refers to any sexual activity between closely related persons that is illegal or socially taboo. The type of sexual activity and the nature of the relationship between persons that constitutes a breach of law or social taboo vary with culture and jurisdiction....
  , namely if it involves the father's wife or a daughter-in-law. Other forms of incest receive lesser punishment; sexual activity with a sister/step-sister is given excommunication
  Excommunication
  
  Excommunication is a religious censure used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. The word literally means putting [someone] out of full communion....
   for a punishment; if it involves a brother's wife or an uncle's wife it is just cursed; and sexual activity with an aunt that is a blood relation is merely criticised.
• Prostitution
  Prostitution
  
  The word prostitution is used to indicate:1. The exposing or otherwise offering oneself or someone else with the purpose of tempting potential customers to exchange money or goods for the promise of cooperativeness in sexual intercourse from the exposed person;...
   by the daughter of a priest
• Certain activities with a male (Hebrew: zakhar) involving what the masoretic text literally terms lay layings woman (Hebrew: tishkav mishkvei ishah), and the Septuagint literally terms beds [verb] the woman's/wife's bed (Greek: koimethese koiten gynaikos); the gender of the target of the command is commonly understood to be male, but not explicitly stated. The correct translation and interpretation of this passage
  Leviticus 18
  
  Leviticus 18 is a chapter of the Bible book of Leviticus. It narrates part of the instructions given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai. The chapter deals with a number of sexual activities considered 'unclean' or 'abominable'....
  , and its implications for Homosexuality in Judaism
  Homosexuality and Judaism
  
  The subject of homosexuality in Judaism dates back to the Biblical book of Leviticus. This describes sexual intercourse between males as an "abomination" that may be subject to capital punishment, although Halakha courts are not authorized to administer capital punishment in the absence of a Temple in Jerusalem....
  , are controversial. Translations into english are wide-ranging
• Bestiality

Miscellaneous

• Murder
  Murder
  
  Murder as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent , and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide....
  , applies to Noachides as well
• Striking a parent
• Cursing a parent
• The "degenerate son"
• Kidnapping
  Kidnapping
  
  In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or asportation of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority....
  
• Negligent homicide
  Negligent homicide
  
  Negligent homicide is a criminal charge brought against people who, through criminal negligence, allow others to die.Negligent Homicide is a lesser included offense to First degree murder and second degree murder, in the sense that someone guilty of this offense can expect a more lenient sentence, often with imprisonment time comparable to...
  , specifically by ox-goring
• Contempt of court
  Contempt of court
  
  Contempt of court is a court order which, in the context of a court Trial or Hearing , deems an individual as having been disrespectful of the court, its process, and its invested powers....
  
• False witness
  Perjury
  
  Category:Limited geographic scopeCategory:USA-centricPerjury, also known as forswearing, is the willful act of swearing a false oath or Affirmation in law to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to a judicial proceeding....
   to a capital crime

See also

• 613 Mitzvot
  613 mitzvot
  
  The 613 Mitzvot are statements and principles of law and ethics contained in the Torah or Five Books of Moses. These principles of Biblical law are sometimes called commandments or collectively as the "Law of Moses" , "Mosaic Law," or simply "the Law."...
  
• Biblical law in Christianity
  Biblical law in Christianity
  
  Biblical law in Christianity generally refers to a discussion of the applicability of Biblical law in a Christianity. This is also referred to as God's Law or Divine Law....
  
• Twelve Tables
  Twelve Tables
  
  The Law of the Twelve Tables was the ancient legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. The Law of the Twelve Tables formed the centerpiece of the constitution of the Roman Republic and the core of the mos maiorum....
  
• Seven Laws of Noah
• Sanhedrin
  Sanhedrin
  
  The Sanhedrin was an assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every city in the Land of Israel.The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel....
  
• Draco (lawgiver)
• Proselyte
  Proselyte
  
  Proselyte, from the Koine Greek p??s???t??/proselytos, is used in the Septuagint for "stranger", i.e. a "newcomer to Israel"; a "sojourner in the land", and in the New Testament for a Conversion to Judaism from Ancient Greek religion....
  

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