FACT CHECK · RELIGION
Claim: Is Deuteronomy 13 Jewish law today?
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
The rabbis boxed in biblical death penalties: Mishnah Makkot 1:10 calls a court that executes once in 7 years 'murderous'; R. Eleazar ben Azariah says once in 70. Jewish courts lost that power.
SOURCE
Mishnah Makkot 1:10 (Sefaria); Britannica, 'Sanhedrin'
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