However, in some areas the application of theonomy could increase the authority of the civil government; prominent advocates of Christian Reconstructionism have written that according to their understanding, God's law approves of the death penalty not only for murder, but also for propagators of idolatry[3][4][5], active homosexuals[6], adulterers, practitioners of witchcraft, and blasphemers[7], and perhaps even recalcitrant youths[8] (see the List of capital crimes in the bible).

According to the Torah (or Mosaic Law), these are the offenses which may merit the death penalty in a Jewish major court of 23 judges.

1. Murder, applies to Noachides as well (Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12-14, Leviticus 24:17-23, Numbers 35:9-34)
2. Striking a parent (Exodus 21:15)
3. Cursing a parent (Exodus 21:17, Leviticus 20:9)
4. The "degenerate son" (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
5. Kidnapping (Exodus 21:16, Deuteronomy 24:7)
6. Negligent homicide, specifically by ox-goring (Exodus 21:28-32)
7. Sorcery and Augury (Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:27)
8. Bestiality (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 20:15-16)
9. Sacrificing to gods other than God alone (Exodus 22:20, Leviticus 27:29)
10. Sabbath breaking (Exodus 31:12-17, 35:2, Numbers 15:32-36)
11. Sacrificing to Molech, probably Human sacrifice (Leviticus 20:1-5)
12. Adultery (Leviticus 20:10)
13. Incest (Leviticus 20:11-12)
14. Male homosexual sexual relations (Leviticus 20:13, Leviticus 18:22, see also Leviticus 18)
15. Marrying your wife's mother (Leviticus 20:14)
16. Prostitution by the daughter of a priest (Leviticus 21:9)
17. Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:10-16)
18. Worshipping Baal Peor (Numbers 25:1-9)
19. False prophecy (Deuteronomy 13:1-10, 17:2-7, 18:20-22)
20. Contempt of court (Deuteronomy 17:8-13)
21. False witness to a capital crime (Deuteronomy 19:15-21)
22. Unchastity among those engaged to marry (Deuteronomy 22:13-29)

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