ground. Intercourse between a man and his mother. Intercourse between a man and his father's wife (not necessarily his mother). Intercourse between a man and his daughter in law. Intercourse with another man's wife from the first stage of marriage. Intercourse between two men. Bestiality. Cursing the name of God in God's name. Idol worship. Giving one's progeny to Molech (child sacrifice). Necromancy sorcery. Pythonic sorcery. Attempting to convince another to worship idols. Instigating a community to worship idols. Witchcraft. Violating the Sabbath. Cursing one's own parent. Ben sorer umoreh, a stubborn and rebellious son. Punishment by burning Death by burning (שריפה, serefah) was issued for ten offenses, including prostitution and bigamous relations with one's wife and their mother. Perpetrators were not burnt at the stake, but rather molten lead was poured down the perpetrator's esophagus. Alternatively, the burning was inflicted after the perpetrator had been stoned, a precedent that was established in Achan's stoning. According to Halakha, this punishment is conducted by pouring molten metal (lead, or a mixture of lead and tin) into one's throat, rather than burning at the stake. The daughter of a priest who completed the second stage of marriage commits adultery. Intercourse between a man and his daughter. Intercourse between a man and his daughter's daughter. Intercourse between a man and his son's daughter. Intercourse between a man and his wife's daughter (not necessarily his own daughter). Intercourse between a man and his wife's daughter's daughter. Intercourse between a man and his wife's son's daughter. Intercourse between a man and his mother in law. Intercourse between a man and his mother in law's mother. Intercourse between a man and his father in law's mother. Punishment by the sword Death by the sword (הרג, hereg) was issued in two cases: for wanton murder and for communal apostasy (idolatry). The perpetrators of these crimes were beheaded. Unlawful premeditated murder. Being a citizen of an Ir nidachat, a "city that has gone astray". Punishment by strangulation Death by strangulation (חנק, chenek) was issued for six crimes, among which being a man who had a forbidden connexion with another man's wife (adultery), and a person who willfully caused injury (bruise) to one of his/her parents. Committing adultery with another man's wife, when it does not fall under the above criteria. Wounding one's own parent. Kidnapping another Israelite. Prophesying falsely. Prophesying in the name of other deities. A sage