But if someone willfully attacks and kills another by treachery, you shall take the killer from my altar for execution.

For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins

—especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority. Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,

Now a certain Alcimus, who had formerly been high priest but had willfully defiled himself in the days of separation, realized that there was no way for him to be safe or to have access again to the holy altar

The Jews Return Home with Joy

On receiving this letter the Jews did not immediately hurry to make their departure, but they requested of the king that at their own hands those of the Jewish people who had willfully transgressed against the holy God and the law of God should receive the punishment they deserved.