The table here is a simplified summary of some of the points Russell Gmirkin discusses in Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible. It is far from being a complete representation of his discussion. It is best read as an easy reference guide in conjunction with the detail covered in the book. The table is only a starting guide: it will be expanded and modified as the details of laws are further explored. I expect to do a few more similar tables for other types of laws. (Still putting on hold the discussion of the final chapter of Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible as I backtrack to sections I covered too briefly earlier or inadvertently omitted altogether.)
ANE = Ancient Near Eastern laws
Greece/Plato = Laws as implemented in Athens and/or Laws presented as ideals by Plato in Laws
| GORING OX | Bible | ANE | Greece/Plato |
| Ox stoned | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Carcass not to be eaten | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Money compensation for loss | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| If ox kills a man after owner was warned and failed to act, — money compensation |
X | ✓ |
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| If ox kills a man after owner was warned and failed to act, — owner executed |
✓ | X | ✓* |
| HOMICIDE | Bible | ANE | Greece/Plato |
| A homeowner justified in killing a night burglar | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Blood pollution of the land to be cleansed | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Kin to the victim required to prosecute the murderer | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Kin to the victim required to carry out the punishment | ✓ | X | ✓** |
| Asylum cities / temples for refuge | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Exile for unintentional homicide | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Execution by Burning | X | ✓ | X |
| Execution by Drowning | X | ✓ | X |
| Execution by Impalement | X | ✓ | X |
| Execution by Beheading | X | ✓ | X |
| Execution by Stoning | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| State officials carry out the penalty | X | ✓ | |
| Community carries out the penalty | ✓ | X | |
* owner tried for murder
** if the accused prematurely returned from exile
See also Plato and the Hebrew Bible: Homicide Laws