Leviticus 24:15 meaning and explanation

And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.

Leviticus 24:15, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses, giving him a general principle for the Israelites after a fight in the camp led a man of mixed parentage to curse the Name (verses 10 to 12). This sentence states the principle before the specific penalty in verse 16: cursing God is not a small matter but a sin a person must answer for.

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