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The Sharia of Moses in the TORA
Part 1 - The 248 Positive Commandments of the Tora
226 - TRANSGRESSORS OF CERTAIN COMMANDMENTS TO BE BEHEADED
Exodus 21:20 -- “And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.”
The provisions of this commandment are explained in the seventh chapter of Tractate Sanhedrin.
A complete list of the commandments for which beheading is the penalty is to be found in “Mishneh Torah”.*
* Mishneh Torah, Shoftim, Hilchoth Sanhedrin XV, 12