When was the last time in history a group of people followed the word of the bible literally?

by [deleted]

I'm particularly thinking about Leviticus and all of the punishments that go with each rule, but when was the last time a group of people or a society followed the Bible's rules literally?

Some examples:

"You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material." - Leviticus 19:20

"Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death" - Leviticus 20:9

"If a man commits adultery with another man's wife--with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death." - Leviticus 20:10

"If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads." - Leviticus 20:13

"If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people." - Leviticus 20:18

"A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads." - Leviticus 20:27

gingerkid1234

Various religious groups see those laws as being followed, they simply don't think they mean quite what you do. Judaism has a complex legal tradition which makes executing people rather unlikely, and without a Jewish theocracy it can't be enforced anyway. Except that Jews still do follow the first one, since it doesn't require any legal court.