We have reviewed some of the Ten Commandments under the Law of Moses. We have seen that the punishment for blasphemy, violating the Sabbath day, and dishonoring one's parents is death. Yet, there were many more sins for which the punishment was the same: idolatry (Deut 17:3-5), murder or manslaughter (Lev 24:16), adultery (Lev 20:10), stealing a slave (Ex 21:16), bestiality (Ex 22:19), incest (Lev 20:11-12), or homosexuality (Lev 20:13). Therefore, the punishment affixed for more than half of the Ten Commandments was death. Capital punishment may be harsh by modern standards but the Lord was trying to teach a stiffnecked people who had known the idolatry of the Egyptians not the faith of the Patriarchs. It probably didn't take long for the people to get the message after the man who picked up sticks on the Sabbath was ordered by the Lord to be stoned to death (Num 15:32-36). Nor would they have taken the name of the Lord in vain after witnessing the death of the blasphemer (Lev 24:14).