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Leviticus 24

Leviticus 24:12

Punishment for Blasphemy · Leviticus 24:10–16
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Translations

Modern
They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
Traditional
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.
Literal
And they put him in custody, that it might be shown to them upon the mouth of YHWH.
Latin
Miseruntque eum in carcerem, donec nossent quid juberet Dominus.

Original

Hebrew
English
They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

Notes

Leviticus 24:10–23

A large group of non-Israelites, including other Semitic people and Egyptians, left Egypt with the Israelites (Exodus 12:38). Among them was a man with an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father. A fight broke out between this man and a full-blooded Israelite. the man who was half-Egyptian verbally cursed the Israelite, using the name of God in a disrespectful manner.

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Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Blasphemy Courts and Trials Criminal Law and Punishment Curse, Cursed Deuteronomy, Book of God, Names of History of Israel Leviticus, Book of Naboth Shelomith

Topics

Blasphemy: General Scriptures Concerning Blasphemy: The Depraved Son of Shelomith, Who, in an Altercation with an Israelite, Cursed God Prison: General Scriptures Concerning Prisons used for Confining: Condemned Persons Till Executed Prisons: Persons Confined in Said to be in Ward Punishment: Death Penalty for Blasphemy Trial: Before Court