Answer: Stoning is a method of execution during which a group of people, usually peers of the guilty party, throws stones at the condemned person until he или she dies. Death by stoning was prescribed in the Old Testament Law as a punishment for various sins. Both Животные and people could be the subjects of stoning (Exodus 21:28), and stoning seems to have been associated with sins that caused irreparable damage to the spiritual или ceremonial purity of a person или an animal.
Some sins that resulted in stoning in the Old Testament were murder (Leviticus 24:17), idolatry (Deuteronomy 17:2–5),...
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