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The [[Talmud]] instructs to pray for eradicating the sin, not the sinner.<ref>In ''Brachot'', in elaborating on Psalms 104:35</ref>

The [[Talmud]] instructs to pray for eradicating the sin, not the sinner.<ref>In ''Brachot'', in elaborating on Psalms 104:35</ref>

=== Old Testament vs. the New Testament and the death penalty for homosexuality ==

== Old Testament vs. the New Testament and the death penalty for homosexuality ==

[[Got Questions Ministries]] notes concerning the [[Old Testament]] vs. the [[New Testament]] and death penalty for homosexuality:

[[Got Questions Ministries]] notes concerning the [[Old Testament]] vs. the [[New Testament]] and death penalty for homosexuality:

Another consideration is that the Old Testament Law did not allow for vigilantism. One of the reasons for the cities of refuge was to protect those accused of murder until they could receive a fair trial. The Mosaic Law said that only civil government was allowed to implement capital punishment, and that only after a fair trial with at least two witnesses (Deuteronomy 17:6). So, even during the time the Old Testament Law was in effect, the mass murder of homosexuals by a vigilante was not what the Law prescribed.

Another consideration is that the Old Testament Law did not allow for vigilantism. One of the reasons for the cities of refuge was to protect those accused of murder until they could receive a fair trial. The Mosaic Law said that only civil government was allowed to implement capital punishment, and that only after a fair trial with at least two witnesses (Deuteronomy 17:6). So, even during the time the Old Testament Law was in effect, the mass murder of homosexuals by a vigilante was not what the Law prescribed.

So, the Bible no longer requires the death penalty for homosexuality.<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/homosexuality-death-penalty.html Does the Bible require the death penalty for homosexuality?], [[Got Questions Ministries]]</ref>

So, the Bible no longer requires the death penalty for homosexuality.<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/homosexuality-death-penalty.html Does the Bible require the death penalty for homosexuality?], [[Got Questions Ministries]]</ref>}}

== Countries with corporal punishment or the death penalty for those who engage in homosexuality ==

== Countries with corporal punishment or the death penalty for those who engage in homosexuality ==