<Ul> <Li> Judaism portal </Li> </Ul> <P> The Hebrew term kareth ("extirpation"; "cutting off", Hebrew: כרת ‎, (kaˈret)) is derived from the Hebrew verb karat ("to cut off"). The noun form does not occur in the Hebrew Bible . The plural, Kerithoth ("Excisions"), is the seventh tractate of the fifth order Kodashim of the Mishnah . In the Talmud, kareth means not necessarily physical "cutting off" of life, but extinction of the soul and denial of a share in the world to come . </P> <P> In the Hebrew Bible, to "cut off" (Hebrew: כרת ‎ karath), is a form of punishment which may mean killing or excluding from the people . The Book of Numbers states that anyone who sins deliberately or high - handedly is to be cut - off from the community: </P> <Dl> <Dd> But the person who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native - born or a stranger, that one brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be cut off from among his people . Because he has despised the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt shall be upon him . </Dd> </Dl>

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