10 (A)whenever a case comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or rules, then you shall warn them, that they may not incur guilt before the Lord and (B)wrath may not come upon you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not incur guilt.

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10 In every case that comes before you from your people who live in the cities—whether bloodshed or other concerns of the law, commands, decrees or regulations—you are to warn them not to sin against the Lord;(A) otherwise his wrath will come on you and your people. Do this, and you will not sin.

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Legal Decisions by Priests and Judges

“If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to (A)the place that the Lord your God will choose. (B)And you shall come to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall consult them, and (C)they shall declare to you the decision. 10 Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place that the Lord will choose. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you. 11 According to the instructions that they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the verdict that they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left. 12 The man who (D)acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest (E)who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So (F)you shall purge the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people (G)shall hear and fear and not act presumptuously again.

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Law Courts

If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge(A)—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults(B)—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.(C) Go to the Levitical(D) priests and to the judge(E) who is in office at that time. Inquire of them and they will give you the verdict.(F) 10 You must act according to the decisions they give you at the place the Lord will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you to do. 11 Act according to whatever they teach you and the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right or to the left.(G) 12 Anyone who shows contempt(H) for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering(I) there to the Lord your God is to be put to death.(J) You must purge the evil from Israel.(K) 13 All the people will hear and be afraid, and will not be contemptuous again.(L)

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14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish (A)the idle,[a] (B)encourage the fainthearted, (C)help the weak, (D)be patient with them all.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:14 Or disorderly, or undisciplined

14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle(A) and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak,(B) be patient with everyone.

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31 Therefore (A)be alert, remembering that (B)for three years I did not cease night or day (C)to admonish every one (D)with tears.

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31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(A) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(B)

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(A)But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, (B)that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

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But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’(A)

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18 (A)If I say to the wicked, (B)‘You shall surely die,’ (C)and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person (D)shall die for[a] his iniquity, (E)but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 (F)But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, (G)but you (H)will have delivered your soul. 20 (I)Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, (J)and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. (K)Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, (L)and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, (M)but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”

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  1. Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also verses 19, 20

18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,(A)’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(B) 19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn(C) from their wickedness(D) or from their evil ways, they will die(E) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.(F)

20 “Again, when a righteous person turns(G) from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block(H) before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(I) 21 But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself.(J)

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  1. Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also in verses 19 and 20

But (A)Jehu the son of (B)Hanani (C)the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you (D)help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, (E)wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.

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Jehu(A) the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked(B) and love[a] those who hate the Lord?(C) Because of this, the wrath(D) of the Lord is on you.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 19:2 Or and make alliances with

18 that you too must turn away this day from following the Lord? And if (A)you too rebel against the Lord today then tomorrow (B)he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 But now, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over into the Lord's land (C)where the Lord's tabernacle stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us. (D)Only do not rebel against the Lord or make us as rebels by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God. 20 (E)Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and (F)wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.’”

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18 And are you now turning away from the Lord?

“‘If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community(A) of Israel. 19 If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the Lord’s land, where the Lord’s tabernacle(B) stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar(C) for yourselves, other than the altar of the Lord our God. 20 When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things,[a](D) did not wrath(E) come on the whole community(F) of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’”(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:20 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for (A)wrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun.”

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46 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer(A) and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly(B) to make atonement(C) for them. Wrath has come out from the Lord;(D) the plague(E) has started.”

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