Numbers 15:31
Because he hath despised the Devar Hashem, and hath broken His mitzvah, that nefesh shall utterly be cut off; his avon shall be upon him.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
32And while the Bnei Yisroel were in the midbar, they found a man that gathered sticks on Shabbos.
Cross References
Exodus 30:33Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a zar, shall even be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 26:15And if ye shall despise My chukkot, or if your nefesh abhor My mishpatim, so that ye will not do all My mitzvot, but that ye violate My Brit (Covenant),
Numbers 9:13But the man that is tahor, and is not in a journey, and faileth to observe the Pesach, even the same nefesh shall be cut off from among his people; because he brought not the korban Hashem at its appointed time, that man shall bear his sin.
1 Samuel 3:14And therefore I have sworn unto the Bais Eli, that there shall be no kapporah for the avon Bais Eli by zevach nor minchah ad olam.
Psalms 38:4There is no health in my basar 1 because of Thine anger; 1 neither is there any shalom in my atzmot 1 because of my chattat. 1
Proverbs 13:13He who despiseth the davar shall be destroyed, 1 but he that feareth the mitzvah shall be rewarded. 1
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 →