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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Leviticus 24:15

"You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blasphemy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Blasphemy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit;   Kill, Killing;   Punishment;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Curse;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Law;   Leviticus;   Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blasphemy;   Capital Punishment;   Crimes and Punishments;   Dibri;   Laying on of Hands;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Shelomith;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Blasphemy;   Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Lord;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Blasphemy ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shelomith;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Blasphemy;   Stoning;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Leviticus;   Name;   Stephen;   Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Blasphemy;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall speak to the children of Yisra'el, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
King James Version
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
Lexham English Bible
And you shall speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Any man when he curses his God shall bear his sin.
New Century Version
Tell the people of Israel this: ‘If anyone curses his God, he is guilty of sin.
New English Translation
Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,
Amplified Bible
"You shall speak to the Israelites, saying, 'Whoever curses his God will bear his sin [through his own death].
New American Standard Bible
"You shall also speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear the responsibility for his sin.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.
Contemporary English Version
And warn the others that everyone else who curses me will die in the same way, whether they are Israelites by birth or foreigners living among you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then tell the people of Isra'el, ‘Whoever curses his God will bear the consequences of his sin;
Darby Translation
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Every one when he revileth his God shall bear his sin.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must tell the Israelites: Anyone who curses their God must be punished.
English Standard Version
And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curses his God shall suffer for his sin.
Good News Translation
Then tell the people of Israel that anyone who curses God must suffer the consequences
Christian Standard Bible®
And tell the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.
Literal Translation
And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, When any man curses his God then he shall bear his sin.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And saye vnto the childre of Israel. Who so euer blasphemeth his God, shall beare his synne:
American Standard Version
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
Bible in Basic English
And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt speake vnto ye children of Israel, saying: Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying: Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And speak to the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosoever shall curse God shall bear his sin.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
Berean Standard Bible
And you are to tell the Israelites, 'If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt speke to the sones of Israel, A man that cursith his God,
Young's Literal Translation
`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God -- then he hath borne his sin;
Update Bible Version
And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Any man who curses his God shall bear his sin.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
World English Bible
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
New King James Version
"Then you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: "Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
New Living Translation
Say to the people of Israel: Those who curse their God will be punished for their sin.
New Life Bible
Say to the people of Israel, ‘If anyone swears against his God, he will suffer for his own sin.
New Revised Standard
And speak to the people of Israel, saying: Anyone who curses God shall bear the sin.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak saying, - What man soever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel: The man that curseth his God, shall bear his sin:
Revised Standard Version
And say to the people of Israel, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

Contextual Overview

10 Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the sons of Israel; and the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel struggled with each other in the camp. 11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) 12 They put him in custody so that the command of the LORD might be made clear to them. 13 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 14 "Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him. 15 "You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.16 'Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. 17 'If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death. 18 'The one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life. 19 'If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bear his sin: Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 20:16, Leviticus 20:17, Numbers 9:13

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:16 - make Leviticus 19:12 - profane Leviticus 24:11 - blasphemed 1 Kings 21:10 - Thou didst blaspheme Job 2:5 - He will curse Ezekiel 23:35 - therefore

Cross-References

Genesis 11:27
Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.
Genesis 21:14
So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 24:18
She said, "Drink, my lord"; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink.
Genesis 24:19
Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking."
Genesis 24:20
So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.
Genesis 24:23
and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to lodge in your father's house?"
Genesis 24:24
She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."
Genesis 24:36
"Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him all that he has.
Genesis 24:40
"He said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house;
Genesis 24:45
"Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel,.... On this occasion, and gave them some laws and rules concerning the above affair, and other things:

saying, whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin; which some understand of anyone of another nation, that cursed the God he used to serve in his own country; but it can hardly be thought that a law should be made by the one only living and true God, to preserve the honour and credit of false gods, when he is so jealous of his own glory; and those are spoken of in Scripture with the greatest contempt, as dunghill deities, and are actually cursed, Jeremiah 10:11; but they are rather to be interpreted of judges and all civil magistrates, who, as Aben Ezra observes, are sometimes called Elohim or gods, Psalms 82:1; and the rather, as it is probable this man had cursed his judges, and so this is a distinct sin from what follows; and not only the manner of expressing it, but the punishment of it, seem to be different; for the phrase, "to bear his sin", is used where the punishment is not expressly declared, and is by Jarchi and others interpreted of cutting off from his people, but in what way is not certain; whereas the punishment of a blasphemer of God is before and after clearly expressed; see Leviticus 20:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 24:15. Whosoever 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.


 
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