Deuteronomy 17:12
But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the Lord your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
Note and will…: Heb. not to hearken
The man who does presumptuously in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die. You shall put away the evil from Israel.
And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- will do
- Deuteronomy 13:5, 11; Numbers 15:30; Ezra 10:8; Psalm 19:13; Hosea 4:4; Matthew 10:14; Hebrews 10:26–29
- and will not hearken
- Heb. not to hearken.
- Jeremiah 25:3–14
- the priest
- Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 18:5, 7; Luke 10:16; John 12:48; John 20:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:2, 8
- that man
- Hebrews 10:28
- thou shalt
- Deuteronomy 17:7; Deuteronomy 13:5; Proverbs 21:11; 1 Timothy 5:20