Numbers 15:31
Because the word of the Lord hath he despised, and his commandment hath he broken; that person shall be cut off, his iniquity is upon him.
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Exodus 30:33Whosoever compoundeth the like of it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 26:15And if my statutes ye despise, and if my ordinances your soul loath, so as not to do all my commandments, in that ye break my covenant:
Numbers 9:13But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to prepare the passover-lamb, even that same soul shall be cut off from his people; because the offering of the Lord hath he not brought at its appointed season, his sin shall that man bear.
1 Samuel 3:14And therefore have I sworn unto the house of 'Eli, that the iniquity of 'Eli's house shall not be atoned for with sacrifice or meat-offering for ever.
Psalms 38:4(38:5) For my iniquities are passed over my head, as a heavy burden are they too heavy for me.
Proverbs 13:13Whoso despiseth the word shall fall in debt to it; but he that feareth the commandment will 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 →