Coram Deo
Puritan Board Junior
I am trying to make a serious study of the case laws and what penal sanction goes with each moral law...
In Lev. 20:17, refering to incest with a sister the penal code is "They Shall Be Cut Off In Sight of Their People".
Is this the Death Sentence, or is this exiled from the land? I asked because other penal codes for incest tell us "they shall surely be put to death".
Also what about "They shall bear their iniquity" in verse 19, and "they shall die childless" in verse 20? Is verse 20 another death sentence, or is it a forced sterility on the man and womans part?
What is the Consensus on these verses?
Michael
In Lev. 20:17, refering to incest with a sister the penal code is "They Shall Be Cut Off In Sight of Their People".
Is this the Death Sentence, or is this exiled from the land? I asked because other penal codes for incest tell us "they shall surely be put to death".
Also what about "They shall bear their iniquity" in verse 19, and "they shall die childless" in verse 20? Is verse 20 another death sentence, or is it a forced sterility on the man and womans part?
What is the Consensus on these verses?
Michael