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For if the message declared through angels proved valid, and every transgression or disobedience received a just penalty,(A)

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For since the message spoken(A) through angels(B) was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,(C)

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53 You are the ones who received the law as ordained by angels, and yet you have not kept it.”(A)

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53 you who have received the law that was given through angels(A) but have not obeyed it.”

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The Purpose of the Law

19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring[a] would come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ordained through angels by a mediator.(A)

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  1. 3.19 Gk seed

19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions(A) until the Seed(B) to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels(C) and entrusted to a mediator.(D)

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28 Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”(A)

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28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(A)

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Judgment on False Teachers

Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, once and for all, that Jesus, who saved[a] a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.(A)

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  1. 5 Other ancient authorities read informed, that the Lord who once and for all saved

Though you already know all this,(A) I want to remind you(B) that the Lord[a] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(C)

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  1. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus

26 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by observing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)

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26 “Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”(B)

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26 He considered abuse suffered for the Christ[a] to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.

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  1. 11.26 Or the Messiah

26 He regarded disgrace(A) for the sake of Christ(B) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(C)

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35 Do not, therefore, abandon that boldness of yours; it brings a great reward.

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35 So do not throw away your confidence;(A) it will be richly rewarded.

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12 As for anyone who presumes to disobey the priest appointed to minister there to the Lord your God or the judge, that person shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

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12 Anyone who shows contempt(A) for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering(B) there to the Lord your God is to be put to death.(C) You must purge the evil from Israel.(D)

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30 But whoever acts high-handedly, whether native-born or an alien, affronts the Lord and shall be cut off from among the people. 31 Because of having despised the word of the Lord and broken his commandment, such a person shall be utterly cut off and bear the guilt.”(A)

Penalty for Violating the Sabbath

32 When the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.(B) 33 Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation. 34 They put him in custody because it was not clear what should be done to him.(C) 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him outside the camp.”(D) 36 The whole congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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30 “‘But anyone who sins defiantly,(A) whether native-born or foreigner,(B) blasphemes the Lord(C) and must be cut off from the people of Israel.(D) 31 Because they have despised(E) the Lord’s word and broken his commands,(F) they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.(G)’”

The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death

32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness,(H) a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.(I) 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, 34 and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.(J) 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die.(K) The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.(L) 36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him(M) to death,(N) as the Lord commanded Moses.(O)

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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

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And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(A) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

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God Has Spoken by His Son

Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,

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God’s Final Word: His Son

In the past God spoke(A) to our ancestors through the prophets(B) at many times and in various ways,(C)

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Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness.(A)

Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did.(B) Do not become idolaters as some of them did, as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.”(C) We must not engage in sexual immorality, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.(D) We must not put Christ[a] to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.(E) 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.(F) 11 These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.(G) 12 So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall.

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  1. 10.9 Other ancient authorities read the Lord

Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.(A)

Now these things occurred as examples(B) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters,(C) as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a](D) We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(E) We should not test Christ,[b](F) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(G) 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did(H)—and were killed(I) by the destroying angel.(J)

11 These things happened to them as examples(K) and were written down as warnings for us,(L) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(M) 12 So, if you think you are standing firm,(N) be careful that you don’t fall!

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord