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Chapter 15

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“But those who brazenly violate the Lord’s will, whether native-born Israelites or foreigners, have blasphemed the Lord, and they must be cut off from the community. Since they have treated the Lord’s word with contempt and deliberately disobeyed His command, they must be completely cut off and suffer the punishment for their guilt.” (Numbers 15:30-31 NLT)

Everyone makes mistakes, stumbles into sin. Some people don’t even know they have done anything wrong. But once sin is realized, they are commanded to confess it and then take steps to repair their relationship with God. He called for the death of an animal and the shedding of its innocent blood so that they would understand that sin always brings death.

However, the animal sacrifices would not atone for sin committed deliberately. That person was guilty of a capital offense and the penalty was death.