(cause to escape punishment)

  • 1PUNISHMENT — While there is no modern theory of punishment that cannot, in some form or other, be traced back to biblical concepts, the original and foremost purpose of punishment in biblical law was the appeasement of God. God abhors the criminal ways of… …

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  • 2Capital punishment in Texas — The State of Texas Death Row seal, taken at the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas …

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  • 3Capital punishment in the United Kingdom — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …

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  • 4CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, the standard penalty for crime in all ancient civilizations. In the Bible Many of the crimes for which any biblical punishment is prescribed carry the death penalty. The three methods of executing criminals found in the Bible… …

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  • 5Corporal Punishment (wrestler) — Dan McDevitt Ring name(s) Dan McDevitt Corporal Punishment[1] The Ultimate Comet The Comet …

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  • 6Capital punishment in Nevada — Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of Nevada. The first recorded execution in the area that is now Nevada was the hanging of John Carr for murdering Bernhard Cherry of Carson City on November 30, 1860 and the first …

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  • 7Capital punishment in Oklahoma — Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. State of Oklahoma.Oklahoma is one of the leading states in number of performed post Furman executions, behind only Texas and Virginia [ [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=8 did=1110… …

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  • 8get — [[t]gɛt[/t]] v. got, got got•ten, get•ting, 1) to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a gift; to get a pension[/ex] 2) to cause to be in one s possession or be available for one s use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire: to …

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  • 9get — gettable, getable, adj. /get/, v., got or (Archaic) gat; got or gotten; getting, n. v.t. 1. to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension. 2. to cause to be in one s possession or succeed …

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  • 10CITY OF REFUGE — (Heb. טָלקמ ריע). Moses assigned six cities (Num. 35:13, Deut. 19:9) to which shall flee thither and live whoso killeth his neighbor unawares and hated him not in time past. Moses himself set aside three of these cities (Bezer, Ramoth, and Golan) …

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