Leviticus 24:15
in Leviticus 24And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
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ASV
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
KJV
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
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This verse in Leviticus 24
Commentary
4 notes on this verseWhosoever curseth his God - יקלל אלהיו yekallel Elohaiv, he who makes light of him, who does not treat him and sacred things with due reverence, shall bear his sin - shall have the guilt of this transgression imputed to him, and may expect the punishment.
This site's exposition
If anyone curses his God
on Leviticus 24:15-16
The case yields a statute that binds the foreign resident and the native alike. It first falls on a foreigner's son.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He that was put to death for blasphemy is said to bear his sin, in the punishment of it; no sacrifice being appointed, on the head of which the sin might be transferred, he himself was to bear it upon his own head, as a sacrifice to divine justice.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
ונשא חטאו [WHOSOEVER EXECRATETH HIS GOD] SHALL BEAR HIS SIN — i. e. shall be punished with excision if there was no legal warning preceding the offence (Sifra, Emor, Chapter 19; cf. Rashi on Leviticus:27).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| תְּדַבֵּ֣ר | tedaber | you will speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | a person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אִ֛ישׁ | ʾish | a person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יְקַלֵּ֥ל | yekalel | he will curse | H7043 → | 82 times |
| אֱלֹהָ֖יו | ʾelohav | God his | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְנָשָׂ֥א | venasa' | and he will bear | H5375 → | 656 times |
| חֶטְאֽוֹ׃ | cheto | sin his | H2399 → | 33 times |
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
תְּדַבֵּ֣רyou will speak
tedaberH1696 →1141 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
אִ֥ישׁa person
ʾishH376 →1663 times
אִ֛ישׁa person
ʾishH376 →1663 times
כִּֽי־if
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יְקַלֵּ֥לhe will curse
yekalelH7043 →82 times
אֱלֹהָ֖יוGod his
ʾelohavH430 →2601 times
וְנָשָׂ֥אand he will bear
venasa'H5375 →656 times
חֶטְאֽוֹ׃sin his
chetoH2399 →33 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 22:28You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
it leads to
- Acts 23:5
“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
- Ecclesiastes 10:20
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your…
- Jude 1:8
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
- Exodus 22:8–9
If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.
- Acts 23:5
Through
Leviticus 5:1“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
it leads to
- Leviticus 5:17
If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
- Proverbs 29:24
A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.
- Leviticus 5:17
Through
Numbers 9:13But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the…
it leads to
- Exodus 12:15
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be…
- Genesis 17:14
But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
- Exodus 12:15
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.