Are all adulterers supposed to die in the Bible? When looking at Leviticus 20:10 and Deut 22:22, some people assume this means that ALL adultery is punishable by death. The story in John 8:1-11, about the woman caught in adultery being judged by Jesus, is usually what comes into the modern mind. However, there are alternatives to death based on the conditions in which the adultery is discovered.