Baha'u'llah & the New Era by -J. Esslemont- 1 Para

..His Holiness Moses revealed ten laws for capital punishment. It was impossible at that time to protect the community and to preserve social security without these severe measures, for.. there were no established courts of justice and no penitentiaries. But this.. was not needed in the time of Christ.." ('Abdul-Baha) (123:2)

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