CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN SCRIPTURE, Part 3 of Ch 6 of Blood Atonement by Ogden Krau

CAPITAL PUNISCAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN SCRIPTURE, Part 3 of Chapter 6 of Blood Atonement by
OGDEN KRAUT.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE BOOK OF MORMON.

The law of capital punishment for murder was clearly identified with the early writings of the Nephites. It read, “Wo unto the murderer who deliberately killeth, for he shall die.” (2 Nephi 9:35) And again, “If a man murdered, he should die.” (Alma 42:19)

Sin was as grievous with the Nephites in the Book of Mormon, as it was with the Israelites in the Old Testament. It follows then that punishment for sin should be the same. All of the laws of God are instituted with blessings or punishments affixed no matter when they are given. The law of God is always the same.

One of the Nephite leaders was a prophet-king who taught them the law and the subsequent punishments that were attached to disobedience of that law.