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For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished.

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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 deliberately disobeyed God’s law, even though you received it from the hands of angels.”

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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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19 Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.

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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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So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus[a] first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.

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Footnotes

  1. 5 Other manuscripts read [the] Lord, or God, or God Christ.

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 For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three 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 ‘Cursed is anyone who does not affirm and obey the terms of these instructions.’

And all the people will reply, ‘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 He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of Christ than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his great reward.

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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 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!

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

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12 Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the Lord your God must die. In this way you will 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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then the man or woman who has committed such an evil act must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death.

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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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“You saw for yourself what the Lord did to you at Baal-peor. There the Lord your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped Baal, the god of Peor. But all of you who were faithful to the Lord your God are still 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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30 “But those who brazenly violate the Lord’s will, whether native-born Israelites or foreigners, have blasphemed the Lord, and they must be cut off from the community. 31 Since they have treated the Lord’s word with contempt and deliberately disobeyed his command, they must be completely cut off and suffer the punishment for their guilt.”

Penalty for Breaking the Sabbath

32 One day while the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they discovered a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33 The people who found him doing this took him before Moses, Aaron, and the rest of the community. 34 They held him in custody because they did not know what to do with him. 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must be put to death! The whole community must stone him outside the camp.” 36 So the whole community took the man 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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27 Moses told them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Kill everyone—even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.” 28 The Levites obeyed Moses’ command, and about 3,000 people died 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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