Leviticus 20:10

"And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."

The various penalties assigned to these various offenses are as follows:

They shall be put to death (Leviticus 20:10,12,13,15).

They shall be stoned with stones (Leviticus 20:2,27, and Leviticus 24:14).

They shall be burned with fire (Leviticus 20:14; 21:9).

They shall be cut off (Leviticus 20:5,17,18).

They shall bear their iniquity (Leviticus 20:17,19).

They shall bear their sin (Leviticus 20:20).

They shall die childless (Leviticus 20:20).

They shall be childless (Leviticus 20:21).

The method of stoning probably varied from time to time, but either the leaders of the people, or in some cases the whole congregation, participated in the execution. The principal witness was commissioned to "throw the first stone." (see John 8:7).

On being "burned with fire" (Leviticus 20:14), Meyrick was certain that, "This does not mean that those on whom it was inflicted were burned alive, but that their dead bodies were burnt after they had been stoned to death, as in the case of Achan (Joshua 7:25)."[8]