For if the word (A)spoken through angels proved steadfast, and (B)every transgression and disobedience received a just [a]reward,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:2 retribution or penalty

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 (A)who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.

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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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Purpose of the Law

19 What purpose then does the law serve? (A)It was added because of transgressions, till the (B)Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was (C)appointed through angels by the hand (D)of a mediator.

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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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Old and New Apostates

But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that (A)the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus

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

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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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26 (A)‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ ”

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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 esteeming (A)the [a]reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures [b]in Egypt; for he looked to the (B)reward.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:26 reviling because of
  2. Hebrews 11:26 NU, M of

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 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, (A)which has 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 Now (A)the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away 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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then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed that wicked thing, and (A)shall stone (B)to death that man or woman with stones.

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take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.(A)

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Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at (A)Baal Peor; for the Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor. But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.

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You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.(A) The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

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Law Concerning Presumptuous Sin

30 (A)‘But the person who does anything [a]presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one [b]brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be [c]cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has (B)despised the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his [d]guilt shall be upon him.’ ”

Penalty for Violating the Sabbath(C)

32 Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, (D)they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. 34 They put him (E)under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him.

35 Then the Lord said to Moses, (F)“The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall (G)stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So, as the Lord commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:30 defiantly, lit. with a high hand
  2. Numbers 15:30 blasphemes
  3. Numbers 15:30 Put to death
  4. Numbers 15:31 iniquity

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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27 And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and (A)let every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ” 28 So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.

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27 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’”(A) 28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.

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