Translations
Modern
And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
Traditional
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
Literal
And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any man curses his God, then he shall bear his sin.
Latin
Et ad filios Israël loqueris: Homo, qui maledixerit Deo suo, portabit peccatum suum;
Original
Hebrew
English
And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
Notes
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.
Theme notes and profiles
People
Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes
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