“But when a man acts presumptuously against his neighbour, to kill him by treachery, you are to take him even from My altar to die.
Thus Aḇ
And Yehoyaḏ
Also keep Your servant back from presumptuous ones, Do not let them rule over me. Then shall I be perfect, and innocent of great transgression.
“And he who smites his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.
A man oppressed by blood-guilt flees into a pit; Let no one help him.
‘But if he has smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer shall certainly be put to death.
“So I spoke to you, but you would not listen and rebelled against the mouth of יהוה, and acted proudly, and went up into the mountain.
when the prophet speaks in the Name of יהוה and the word is not, or comes not, that is the word which יהוה has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
‘Cursed is he who smites his neighbour secretly.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕ
For if we sin purposely after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a slaughter offering for sins,
and most of all those walking after the flesh in filthy lust and despising authority – bold, headstrong, speaking evil of esteemed ones,