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** In Exodus chapter 32, the Israelites' worship of the golden calf quickly turns into an orgy while Moses was away on the mountain talking with God, that God brings this to Moses' attention and has him come down the mountain to destroy the idol and to order a massacre of the people responsible, save for Aaron the high priest, who was spared from God's wrath.

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** In Exodus chapter 32, the Israelites' worship of the golden calf quickly turns into an orgy while Moses was away on the mountain talking with God, that God. God brings this to Moses' attention and has him come down the mountain to destroy the idol and to order a massacre of the people responsible, save for Aaron the high priest, who was spared from God's wrath.
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* AmputativeSentencing: One of the tenets of the Law of Moses is that if someone maimed someone else, including limb loss, then the punishment was to have that same injury be inflicted upon them.

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* BloodstainedDefloration: If a woman's new husband (or in-laws) [[SlutShaming accuse her of not being a virgin on her wedding night]], and she is able to produce a bloodstained sheet or garment, then the accuser is to be [[ATasteOfTheLash publicly flogged]] (and if it ''is'' the groom or his family making the accusation, he loses the right to divorce her). However, if the bride and her parents are ''not'' able to produce "evidence" that she was a virgin, she is to be [[HonorRelatedAbuse stoned to death by the men of her community right on her father's doorstep]] (or at least her body was to be left on his doorstep after the fact). This is the same punishment she'd face if she had an affair ''after'' the wedding, although in this case it only applied to her -- if she had an affair ''after'' the wedding, her lover(s) was supposed to be executed as well. She would be considered to have cheated on her husband before they'd even met, and [[FamilyHonor her family would be forever shamed]].



* ConsummationCounterfeit: If a woman's new husband (or in-laws) [[SlutShaming accuse her of not being a virgin on her wedding night]], and she is able to produce a bloodstained sheet or garment, then the accuser is to be [[ATasteOfTheLash publicly flogged]] (and if it ''is'' the groom or his family making the accusation, he loses the right to divorce her). However, if the bride and her parents are ''not'' able to produce "evidence" that she was a virgin, she is to be [[HonorRelatedAbuse stoned to death by the men of her community right on her father's doorstep (or at least her body was to be left on his doorstep after the fact)]]. This is the same punishment she'd face if she had an affair ''after'' the wedding, although in this case it only applied to her.[[note]]If she had an affair ''after'' the wedding, her lover(s) was supposed to be executed as well.[[/note]] She would be considered to have cheated on her husband before they'd even met, and [[FamilyHonor her family would be forever shamed]].

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