Numeri 15:30

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Anima vero, quæ per superbiam aliquid commiserit, sive civis sit ille, sive peregrinus (quoniam adversus Dominum rebellis fuit), peribit de populo suo:

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
qui unum faciet pro peccato, et alterum in holocaustum, rogabitque pro ea coram Domino, et pro fluxu immunditiæ ejus.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Anima vero, quae per superbiam aliquid commiserit, sive civis sit ille sive peregrinus, quoniam adversus Dominum rebellis fuit, peribit de populo suo.

Bible Verse Review
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doeth ought: Numbers 9:13, Numbers 14:44, Genesis 17:14, Exodus 21:14, Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 20:6, Leviticus 20:10, Deuteronomy 1:43, Deuteronomy 17:12, Deuteronomy 29:19, Deuteronomy 29:20, Psalms 19:13, Matthew 12:32, Hebrews 10:26, Hebrews 10:29, 2 Peter 2:10

presumptuously: Heb. with an high hand, That is, bold, daring, deliberate acts of transgression against the fullest evidence, and in despite of the Divine authority. Such conduct "reproacheth the Lord," as if his commands were needless, unreasonable, and inimical to the happiness of man; his favour were not desirable, or his wrath not to be feared: in short, as if it were more advantageous to rebel against him than to serve him. Such acts admitted of no atonement: the person was condemned to bear his own iniquity, and to be cut off.

reproacheth: Psalms 69:9, Psalms 74:18, Psalms 74:22, Psalms 79:12, Psalms 89:51, Proverbs 14:31, Isaiah 37:23, Isaiah 37:24

Reciprocal: Leviticus 17:4 - be cut off Numbers 19:13 - purifieth Numbers 19:20 - shall not Numbers 25:6 - in the sight of Moses Deuteronomy 17:13 - presumptuously 1 Samuel 2:25 - if a man 1 Samuel 3:14 - the iniquity 2 Samuel 12:9 - despised Psalms 51:16 - desirest Ecclesiastes 11:9 - walk Malachi 2:12 - cut Luke 12:47 - knew 1 Timothy 1:13 - because Hebrews 2:2 - every Hebrews 10:28 - despised 1 John 5:16 - There

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the soul that doeth [ought] presumptuously,.... Or with "an high hand" t, or through pride, as the Targum of Jonathan; in an haughty, insolent, bold and daring manner; in an obstinate, stubborn, self-willed way, with purpose and design, openly and publicly, neither fearing God nor regarding man:

[whether he be] born in the land, or a stranger; here a stranger as well signifies a proselyte of the gate as a proselyte of righteousness; seeing this presumptuous sinning may respect idolatry and blasphemy, which sins were punishable in proselytes of the gate by the magistrates of Israel as well as by the immediate hand of God:

the same reproacheth the Lord; by denying him to be the true Jehovah, by worshipping other gods, and by speaking in a blaspheming manner of him the true God; and indeed every presumptuous sin, which is committed in a bold and audacious manner, in contempt of God and defiance of his law, is a reproaching him the lawgiver, and a trampling upon his legislative power and authority:

and that soul shall be cut off from among his people, either by the hand of the civil magistrate, upon conviction of him, or by the immediate hand of God; no sacrifice was to be offered for such, no atonement to be made or forgiveness to be had; see Matthew 12:31.

t ביד רמה "in manu excelsa", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The heavy punishments which had already overtaken the people might naturally give rise to apprehensions for the future, especially in view of the fact that on the approaching entrance into Canaan the complete observance of the Law in all its details would become imperative on them. To meet such apprehensions a distinction is emphatically drawn between sins of ignorance (Leviticus 4:13 ff) and those of presumption Numbers 15:30-31. The passage deals separately with imperfections of obedience which would be regarded as attaching to the whole nation Numbers 15:22-26, and those of individuals Numbers 15:27-30.

Numbers 15:24

Without the knowledge of the congregation - literally, as marginal. The words point to an error of omission which escaped notice at the time: i. e. to an oversight.

Numbers 15:30

Presumptuously - The original (compare the margin, and Exodus 14:8) imports something done willfully and openly; in the case of a sin against God it implies that the act is committed ostentatiously and in bravado.

Reproacheth the Lord - Rather, revileth or blasphemeth the Lord: compare Ezekiel 20:27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 15:30. But the soul that doeth aught presumptuously — Bold daring acts of transgression against the fullest evidence, and in despite of the Divine authority, admitted of no atonement; the person was to be cut off - to be excluded from God's people, and from all their privileges and blessings.

Probably the presumption mentioned here implied an utter contempt of the word and authority of God, springing from an idolatrous or atheistical mind. ln such a case all repentance was precluded, because of the denial of the word and being of God. It is probably a case similar to that mentioned Hebrews 6:4-8; Hebrews 10:26-31; on which passages see the notes.