God said to Abraham, “I will give Sarai, [98] your wife, a new name. Her new name will be Sarah. [99]
Genesis 17:14 - Easy To Read Version {Abraham, this is the agreement between you and me:} Any male that is not circumcised will be cut off from his people. [97] Why? Because that person has broken my agreement.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the male who is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant. American Standard Version (1901) And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. Common English Bible Any uncircumcised male whose flesh of his foreskin remains uncircumcised will be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.” Catholic Public Domain Version The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The male, whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant. |
God said to Abraham, “I will give Sarai, [98] your wife, a new name. Her new name will be Sarah. [99]
So the brothers said to him, “We cannot allow you to marry our sister because you are not yet circumcised. [196] It would be wrong for our sister to marry you.
My enemies will not change their lives. {\cf2\super [331]} \par They don’t fear and respect God.\par
On this holiday, you will eat bread made without yeast for seven days. On the first day of this holiday, you will remove all the yeast from your houses. No one should eat any yeast for the full seven days of this holiday. If anyone eats yeast, then you must separate that person from the rest of Israel.
For seven days there must not be any yeast in your houses. Any person, either a citizen of Israel or a foreigner, who eats yeast at this time must be separated from the rest of Israel.
If anyone makes a perfume like this holy oil, and if he gives it to a foreigner, then that person must be separated from his people.”
A person might want to make some of this incense for himself, so he can enjoy the smell. But if he does this, then he must be separated from his people.”
The people on the land have made the land dirty. \{How did this happen\}? The people did wrong things against God’s teaching. The people did not obey God’s laws. The people made an agreement with God a long time ago, but those people broke their agreement with God.
The roads are destroyed. No one is walking in the streets. People have broken the agreements they made. People refuse to believe the proof from witnesses. {\cf2\super [301]} No one respects other people.
Those people are doing the same sins that their ancestors did. Their ancestors {\cf2\super [93]} refused to listen to my message. They followed and worshiped other gods. The family of Israel and the family of Judah have broken the Agreement {\cf2\super [94]} I made with their ancestors.”
It will not be like the Agreement I made with their ancestors. {\cf2\super [260]} I made that Agreement when I took them by the hand and brought them out of Egypt. I was their Master, but they broke that Agreement.” This message is from the Lord.
You brought foreigners into my temple—and those people were not truly circumcised {\cf2\super [417]} —they did not give themselves completely to me. In this way you made my temple unclean. You broke our agreement and did terrible things, and then you gave me the offerings of bread, the fat, and the blood. But this only made my temple unclean.
If any person does any of those terrible sins, then that person must be separated from his people!
A person will be guilty of sin if he does that! Why? Because he did not respect the holy things that belong to the Lord. That person must be separated from his people.
“If any person refuses to fast [410] on this day, he must be separated from his people.
If any person eats the fat from an animal that was offered by fire to the Lord, then that person must be separated from his people.
If a person eats any blood, then that person must be separated from his people.”
But any person who is able must celebrate Passover at the right time. If he is clean [145] and he is not away on a trip, then he has no excuse. If that person does not celebrate Passover at the right time, then he must be separated from his people. He is guilty and must be punished! Why? Because he did not give the Lord his gift at the right time.
So if a person eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is not worthy of it, then that person is sinning against the body and the blood of the Lord.
If a person eats \{the bread\} and drinks \{the cup\} without recognizing the body, then that person is judged guilty by eating and drinking.