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Lévitique 24:12

Listen to Lévitique 24:12
12 Et on le mit en prison, jusqu'à ce qu'il y eût décision, selon l'ordre de l'Éternel.

Lévitique 24:12 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:12

And they put him in ward
In some prison, a place known in the camp, as Aben Ezra observes: that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them;
for, though this was a breach of the third command, in which God declares he would not hold such an one guiltless, ( Exodus 20:7 ) ; yet no particular punishment being expressed, it was not a clear case whether the Lord would punish for it himself, by an immediate stroke of his hand, or whether by the civil magistrate; and if by the latter, in what manner; for though it might be concluded, without any hesitation, that he was worthy of death, since cursing father or mother was death, ( Exodus 21:17 ) ( Leviticus 20:9 ) ; and much more blaspheming God, yet what death to put him to they might be at a loss about; or if that was understood of stoning, they might think this deserved a sorer punishment, and therefore consulted God about it.

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Lévitique 24:12 In-Context

10 Or, le fils d'une femme israélite, qui était fils d'un homme égyptien, sortit au milieu des enfants d'Israël; et ce fils d'une femme israélite se querella dans le camp avec un homme israélite.
11 Et le fils de la femme israélite blasphéma le nom de l'Éternel, et le maudit; et on l'amena à Moïse. Or sa mère s'appelait Shelomith, fille de Dibri, de la tribu de Dan.
12 Et on le mit en prison, jusqu'à ce qu'il y eût décision, selon l'ordre de l'Éternel.
13 Or l'Éternel parla à Moïse, en disant:
14 Fais sortir du camp celui qui a maudit, et que tous ceux qui l'ont entendu posent leurs mains sur sa tête, et toute l'assemblée le lapidera.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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