Here's a list of all the capital offenses in the Old Testament as compiled by Thom Stark in Is God a Moral Compromiser? It makes for a handy reference.
- Premeditated Murder (Exod 21:12-14, 22-23)
- Kidnapping (Exod 21:16)
- Striking a Parent (Exod 21:15)
- Cursing a Parent (Exod 21:17)
- Rebelling against a Priest (Deut 17:12)
- Rebelling against a Parent (Deut 21:18-21)
- Sacrificing to Deities Other Than Yahweh (Exod 22:20)
- Working on Saturdays (Exod 35:2)
- Using Yahweh’s Name in Vain (Lev 24:10-16, 23)
- Being the Owner of a Goring Ox That Finally Gores a human to Death (Exod 21:29)
- Prophesying Incorrectly (Deut 18:20)
- Sacrificing Children to Molech (Lev 20:2)
- Divination or Magic (Exod 22:18)
- Adultery (Lev 20:10-21; Deut 22:22)
- Bestiality (Exod 22:19)
- Incest (Lev 18:6-17)
- Homosexuality (Lev 20:13)
- Consensual Premarital Sex (If You’re a Woman) (Deut 22:20-21)
- Temple Prostitution (Lev 21:9)
- Rape of a Married or Engaged Woman (Deut 22:25)
- Failure To Scream When Being Raped in the City, If You’re an Engaged Woman (Deut 22:23-24)
Interestingly, pedophilia and owning slaves is not a capital offense, but working on Saturday, premarital sex and prophesying wrong is. Considering how horrible this list is, it's a damn good thing we don't have absolute unchanging morality.
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