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30 “ ‘But if someone does anything defiantly, whether he be native born or a foreigner, then that person blasphemes the Lord and is to be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken his commandment, let that person be completely cut off, and let his guilt remain upon him.’ ”

32 Sabbath-breaker Punished.[a] Now, while the people of Israel were in the desert, they came upon a man gathering wood on the Sabbath.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:32 This fault is punished by death because it represents contempt of God, who has made his children a free people (Ex 20:8-11).