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Punishment for Blasphemy

Leviticus 24:15

In 11 translations

BSB
And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
KJV
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
WEB
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
ASV
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
LSV
And you speak to the sons of Israel, saying, When any man reviles his God—then he has borne his sin;
YLT
'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God — then he hath borne his sin;
DBY
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Every one when he revileth his God shall bear his sin.Elohim
DRC
And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel: the man that curseth his God, shall bear his sin:
GNV
And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.
JPS
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying: Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
LXXE
And speak to the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosoever shall curse God shall bear his sin.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תְּדַבֵּ֣ר לֵאמֹ֑ר אִ֥ישׁ אִ֛ישׁ כִּֽי־יְקַלֵּ֥ל אֱלֹהָ֖יו וְנָשָׂ֥א חֶטְאֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ λάλησον, καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἐὰν καταράσηται Θεὸν, ἁμαρτίαν λήψεται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • 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 LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man…
  • Exodus 22:28You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
  • Leviticus 20:16–17If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father…

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