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Green's Literal Translation

Leviticus 24:12

And they put him under guard, that it might be declared to them at the mouth of Jehovah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blasphemy;   Prison;   Punishment;   Trial;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prisons;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Blasphemy;   Justice;   Ward, or Guard;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blasphemy;   Moses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blasphemy;   Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit;   Punishment;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Curse;   Prison;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Law;   Leviticus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Dibri;   Leviticus;   Mind;   Pentateuch;   Prison, Prisoners;   Shelomith;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Blasphemy;   Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Blasphemy ;   Sanhedrin;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shelomith;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Blasphemy;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prison;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Judge;   Leviticus;   Punishments;   Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Blasphemy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bail;   Blasphemy;   Imprisonment;   Midrash;   Theocracy;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They put him in custody, that it might be declared to them at the mouth of the LORD.
King James Version
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.
Lexham English Bible
Then they put him in custody so that the matter might be made clear to them in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh.
New Century Version
The people held him as a prisoner while they waited for the Lord 's command to be made clear to them.
New English Translation
So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the Lord .
Amplified Bible
They put him in custody until the will and command of the LORD might be made clear to them.
New American Standard Bible
Then they put him in custody, waiting for Moses to give them a clear decision in accordance with the command of the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they put him in warde, till he tolde them the minde of the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they put him in custody so that the command of Yahweh might be made clear to them.
Contemporary English Version
who had him guarded while everyone waited for the Lord to tell them what to do.
Complete Jewish Bible
They put him under guard until Adonai would tell them what to do.
Darby Translation
And they confined him, that they might decide at the mouth of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
The people held him as a prisoner and waited for the Lord 's command to be made clear to them.
English Standard Version
And they put him in custody, till the will of the Lord should be clear to them.
George Lamsa Translation
And they put him in prison, till the LORDS decision might be made known to them.
Good News Translation
put him under guard, and waited for the Lord to tell them what to do with him.
Christian Standard Bible®
They put him in custody until the Lord’s decision could be made clear to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they put him in preson, tyll they were infourmed by the mouth of the LORDE.
American Standard Version
And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they put hym in warde, that the minde of ye Lorde might be shewed the.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And they put him in ward, that the minde of the Lord might bee shewed them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they put him in ward, to judge him by the command of the Lord.
English Revised Version
And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei senten hym to prisoun, til thei wisten what the Lord comaundide.
Young's Literal Translation
and he causeth him to rest in charge -- to explain to them by the mouth of Jehovah.
Update Bible Version
And they put him in ward, that it might be declared to them at the mouth of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they put him in custody, that the mind of the LORD might be shown to them.
World English Bible
They put him in custody, that it might be declared to them at the mouth of Yahweh.
New King James Version
Then they put him in custody, that the mind of the LORD might be shown to them.
New Living Translation
They kept the man in custody until the Lord 's will in the matter should become clear to them.
New Life Bible
And they kept him shut up until the will of the Lord might be made known to them.
New Revised Standard
and they put him in custody, until the decision of the Lord should be made clear to them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and they put him in ward, - that a clear answer might be given to them at the mouth of Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command.
Revised Standard Version
And they put him in custody, till the will of the LORD should be declared to them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They put him in custody so that the command of the LORD might be made clear to them.

Contextual Overview

10 And the son of an Israelite woman, and he was a son of an Egyptian man, went out among the sons of Israel. And the son of the woman of Israel and a man of Israel struggled together in the camp. 11 And the son of the woman of Israel blasphemed the Name, and cursed. And they brought him in to Moses; and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12 And they put him under guard, that it might be declared to them at the mouth of Jehovah. 13 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 14 Bring out the reviler to the outside of the camp. And all those who heard shall lay their hands on his head, and all the congregation shall stone him. 15 And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, When any man curses his God then he shall bear his sin. 16 And he who blasphemes the name of Jehovah dying shall die. All the congregation shall certainly cast stones at him. As to the alien, so to a native, when he blasphemes the Name, he shall die. 17 And a man, when he strikes the soul from any man, dying he shall die. 18 And he who smites an animal to death shall make it good, soul for soul. 19 And when a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so it shall be done to him;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that the mind of the Lord might be showed them: Heb. to expound unto them according to the mouth of the Lord, Exodus 18:15, Exodus 18:16, Exodus 18:23, Numbers 27:5, Numbers 36:5, Numbers 36:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:17 - ward Numbers 15:34 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things the Word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not fear, Abram; I am your shield, your reward will increase greatly.
Genesis 24:7
Jehovah, God of Heaven, who took me from the house of my father and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to your Seed; He shall send His Angel before you, and you shall take a wifefrom there for my son.
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman will not be willing to go after you, then you shall be clear from this oath of mine; only do not take my son back there.
Genesis 24:10
And the slave took ten camels from his master's camels and left. And all his master's goods were in his hand. And he rose up and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:11
And he made the camels kneel outside the city, by a well of water at the time of the evening, the time that women go out to draw.
Genesis 24:16
And the girl was very good of form, a virgin, a man not having known her. And she went down to the well and filled her pitcher and came up.
Genesis 24:17
And the slave ran to meet her and said, Please let me sip a little water from your pitcher.
Genesis 24:27
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who has not left off His kindness and His truth with my master, I being in the way, Jehovah guided me to the house of the brother of my master.
Genesis 24:42
And today I came to the well. And I said, Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, I pray, if You will, prosper the way in which I am about to go.
Genesis 24:48
And I bowed and worshiped Jehovah, and I blessed Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the true way, to take for his son the daughter of the brother of my master.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they put him in ward,.... In some prison, a place known in the camp, as Aben Ezra observes:

that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them; for, though this was a breach of the third command, in which God declares he would not hold such an one guiltless, Exodus 20:7; yet no particular punishment being expressed, it was not a clear case whether the Lord would punish for it himself, by an immediate stroke of his hand, or whether by the civil magistrate; and if by the latter, in what manner; for though it might be concluded, without any hesitation, that he was worthy of death, since cursing father or mother was death, Exodus 21:17; and much more blaspheming God, yet what death to put him to they might be at a loss about; or if that was understood of stoning, they might think this deserved a sorer punishment, and therefore consulted God about it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The offender may already have been pronounced guilty by the rulers (see Exodus 18:21-22), and the case was referred to Moses in order that the punishment might be awarded by the divine decree. No law had as yet been enacted against blasphemy except by implication. See Exodus 21:17; Exodus 22:28.


 
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