Numbers 15:31 meaning and explanation

He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

Numbers 15:31, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse concludes the law distinguishing unintentional sin from defiant sin. The LORD speaks to Moses, and the subject is the person, native or foreigner, who sins “defiantly” (Hebrew: beyad ramah, literally “with a high hand”), a deliberate raising of oneself against God’s command.

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