Numbers 15:31
They have to be expelled, because they have treated the word of the Lord with contempt and broken his commandment. They are responsible for the consequences of their own guilt.’”
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Exodus 30:33Anyone who mixes anointing oil like it, or puts it on someone other than a priest, will be expelled from their people.’”
Leviticus 26:15if you reject my laws, hate my regulations, and refuse to follow my commandments, and consequently break my agreement,
Numbers 9:13However, anyone ceremonially clean and not away traveling who neglects to observe the Passover must be expelled from their people, because they didn't present the Lord's offering at the appropriate time. They will bear the responsibility for the consequences of their sin.
1 Samuel 3:14That's why I swore to Eli and his family, ‘The guilt of Eli and his descendants will never be removed by sacrifice or offering.’”
Psalms 38:4I'm drowning in guilt—the burden is too heavy to bear.
Proverbs 13:13If you despise words of advice, you'll pay for it; but if you respect what you're told, you'll be rewarded.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 15:31-37
Doom of Presumptuous Sinners. ( b. c. 1490.) 30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 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. 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that… Read the whole commentary →