Hebrews 10:28

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Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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  • Heb 2:2 : 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.
  • John 8:17 : 17 It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.
  • Deut 19:15 : 15 A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • 2 Sam 12:9 : 9 Why have you shown contempt for the LORD’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
  • 2 Sam 12:13 : 13 Then David exclaimed to Nathan,“I have sinned against the LORD!” Nathan replied to David,“Yes, and the LORD has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
  • Jer 13:14 : 14 And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ says the LORD.”
  • Num 15:30-31 : 30 Deliberate Sin“‘But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the LORD. That person must be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has despised the LORD’s message and has broken his commandment, that person must be completely cut off. His iniquity will be on him.’”
  • Num 15:36 : 36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Deut 13:6-9 : 6 False Prophets in the Family Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known, 7 the gods of the surrounding people(whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other). 8 You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him. 9 Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community. 10 You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the LORD your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
  • Deut 17:2-9 : 2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant 3 by serving other gods and worshiping them– the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship. 4 When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel, 5 you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death. 6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 7 The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you. 8 Appeal to a Higher Court If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses. 9 You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict. 10 You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught. 11 You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you. 12 The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel. 13 Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and not be so presumptuous again.
  • Deut 19:13 : 13 You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For he says to Moses:“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

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    29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?

    30 For we know the one who said,“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” and again,“The Lord will judge his people.”

    31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • Deut 17:6-7
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    6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

    7 The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Heb 10:27
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    27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

  • Num 15:35-37
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    35 Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”

    36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

    37 Rules for Tassels The LORD spoke to Moses:

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    10 For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

  • Rom 10:5
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    5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law:“The one who does these things will live by them.”

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    31 Because he has despised the LORD’s message and has broken his commandment, that person must be completely cut off. His iniquity will be on him.’”

  • Deut 17:12
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    12 The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

  • Rom 2:12
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    12 For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

  • Num 35:30
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    30 “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

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    13 The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems direction will be rewarded.

  • Deut 13:10
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    10 You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the LORD your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.

  • Exod 19:12
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    12 You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying,‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

  • Heb 2:2
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    2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,

  • Heb 12:20-21
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    20 For they could not bear what was commanded:“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

    21 In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”

  • Jas 2:13
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    13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Deut 19:15
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    15 A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

  • Lev 24:16-17
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    16 and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.

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  • Exod 31:14-15
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    14 So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.

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  • Lev 20:9-10
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    10 If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

  • Heb 3:17
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    17 And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

  • Lev 24:23
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    23 Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Gal 3:10
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    10 For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”

  • Prov 15:10
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    10 Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17 “Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

  • Num 3:38
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  • Prov 19:16
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    16 The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • Heb 12:25
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    25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

  • Heb 11:25
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    25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.

  • Exod 21:15
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    15 “Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

  • Jas 2:10-11
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    10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

    11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

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    16 For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.

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