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To strike an offender with stones until he or she is dead. Stoning normally took place outside the city walls. The prosecution witnesses, of whom there must be at least two, had to throw the first stones, followed if necessary by the spectators.
Lev 20:1-2,27; Lev 24:13-14; Dt 13:6-10; Dt 17:2-7; Dt 22:23-24
Lev 24:23; Nu 15:32-36; Jos 7:24-25; 1Ki 21:13-15; Jn 8:1-11
Nu 14:10 Joshua and Caleb; 1Sa 30:6 David; 2Sa 16:6; 2Ch 24:20-21 Jesus Christ: Jn 8:59; Jn 10:31-33
Ac 7:58-59 Stephen Paul: Ac 14:19; 2Co 11:25
Heb 11:37
5025 | killing |
5482 | punishment |
5493 | retribution |
5975 | violence |
7346 | death penalty |
8450 | martyrdom |
8794 | persecution |
9020 | death |