You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.

The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.