Numbers 15:31

Sin God's word

²⁹ You shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.

³⁰ But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.

He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

³² While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

³³ Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”
KJV: Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
WEB: Because he has despised the LORD’s word, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall be utterly cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.’”
ASV: Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
DARBY: For he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment: that soul shall surely be cut off; his iniquity is upon him.
BLB: Because he has despised the word of YHWH and has broken His commandment, that person shall surely be cut off; his guilt [is] upon him.”

ÅB: for han har ringeaktet Herrens ord og brutt hans bud. Den mann skal utryddes, han skal lide for sin misgjerning.
OTB: Fordi de har forkastet Herrens ord og brutt Hans bud, må de sannelig skilles; deres skyld forblir på dem.'"
B1930: for han har ringeaktet Herrens ord og brutt hans bud. Den mann skal utryddes, han skal lide for sin misgjerning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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Proverbs 13:13
He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
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Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
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Leviticus 5:1
“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
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1 Thessalonians 4:8
Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
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Psalms 119:126
It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
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Hebrews 10:28–29
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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Leviticus 26:43
For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
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