Further to this Handy Guide to Sin and Guilt Offerings, I asked Grok to generate this table of Old testament sins and their corresponding punishments. Now you know what to do! You’re welcome.
| Sin / Offense | Reference(s) | Punishment |
|---|---|---|
| Sacrificing children to Molech (child sacrifice) | Lev 20:2–5 | Stoned to death by the people; God also sets His face against the person (and family/followers if the community fails to act) and cuts them off |
| Turning to mediums or spiritists | Lev 20:6; Lev 19:31 | God sets His face against the person and cuts them off from their people |
| Being a medium or spiritist (man or woman) | Lev 20:27 | Put to death by stoning; their blood is on their own head |
| Witchcraft / sorcery, divination, interpreting omens, casting spells, consulting the dead (and related occult practices) | Deut 18:10–12; also Exod 22:18 (sorceress) | These practices are detestable; the nations are driven out because of them. (Death penalty is applied to practitioners in related texts such as Lev 20:27) |
| Cursing one’s father or mother | Lev 20:9 | Put to death; bloodguilt is upon them |
| Adultery (with a neighbor’s wife) | Lev 20:10; Deut 22:22 | Both the man and the woman put to death |
| Sexual relations with father’s wife (incest) | Lev 20:11 | Both put to death; their blood is on their own heads |
| Sexual relations with daughter-in-law (incest) | Lev 20:12 | Both put to death; their blood is on their own heads |
| Homosexual acts (a man lying with a man as with a woman) | Lev 20:13 | Both put to death; their blood is on their own heads |
| Marrying a woman and her mother (incestuous marriage) | Lev 20:14 | The man and both women burned to death |
| Bestiality (man with animal) | Lev 20:15 | Man put to death; the animal also killed |
| Bestiality (woman with animal) | Lev 20:16 | Both woman and animal put to death; their blood is on their own heads |
| Sexual relations with a sister (or half-sister) | Lev 20:17 | Both cut off / removed from their people; the man bears his guilt |
| Sexual relations during a woman’s menstrual period | Lev 20:18 | Both cut off from their people |
| Sexual relations with an aunt (mother’s or father’s sister) | Lev 20:19 | Both bear their own guilt / responsibility |
| Sexual relations with an uncle’s wife | Lev 20:20 | Both bear their guilt and will die childless |
| Marrying a brother’s wife (while brother is alive) | Lev 20:21 | They will be childless |
| Blasphemy (cursing / uttering the name of the Lord in a curse) | Lev 24:10–16 | Put to death by stoning by the whole community (applies to native and foreigner alike) |
| False prophet or dreamer who leads people to follow other gods | Deut 13:1–5 | Put to death; purge the evil from among you |
| Enticing others (even close family or friends) to worship other gods | Deut 13:6–11 | Put to death by stoning (the enticer’s hand first, then the people); show no pity |
| A whole town turning to idolatry | Deut 13:12–18 | Investigate thoroughly; if true, destroy the town and its people and livestock by the sword; burn the town as a whole burnt offering; leave it a permanent ruin |
| Worshiping other gods or the heavenly bodies | Deut 17:2–7 | Stoned to death (after thorough investigation and on the testimony of two or three witnesses) |
| Rebellious / stubborn son who will not obey parents (glutton and drunkard) | Deut 21:18–21 | Parents bring him to the elders; all the men of the town stone him to death; purge the evil from among you |
| A betrothed virgin who is promiscuous (found not to be a virgin) | Deut 22:13–21 | Stoned to death at the door of her father’s house |
| Rape of a betrothed virgin in the city (she did not cry for help) | Deut 22:23–24 | Both the man and the woman stoned to death |
| Rape of a betrothed virgin in the countryside | Deut 22:25–27 | Only the man is put to death (the woman is innocent) |
| Murder (intentional) | Lev 24:17; Deut 19:11–13 | Put to death (no ransom or refuge for the intentional murderer) |
Note there is no prohibition for a man having sex with his own daughter.