“Then tell the people of Israel, ‘Whoever curses his God will bear the consequences of his sin; and whoever blasphemes the name of Adonai must be put to death; the entire community must stone him. The foreigner as well as the citizen is to be put to death if he blasphemes the Name. Anyone who strikes another person […]
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L24-8: ‘HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIS OWN HEAD’ does not mean what we think it means
“Take the man who cursed outside the camp, have everyone who heard him lay their hands on his head, and have the entire community stone him.”-Leviticus 24:14 We’re in the process of examining the details of the chilling scene depicting a man about to be executed for blasphemy. The context of this whole situation is […]