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Positive commandment 227 of 248

That the Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

That the Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation, as it is said, “Both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death”**Where the mode of execution is not specifically set forth, it is to take place by strangulation (Rashi in loco). (Lev. 20:10).

Leviticus 20:10

KJV
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
ASV
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
WEB
“‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
JPS
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.