“And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.”
And does not bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to sacrifice it to the Lord — that person must be cut off from the people of Israel. The cut off penalty for unauthorized sacrifice by either Israelite or foreigner reinforces the gravity of the violation: the failure to bring the sacrifice to the tabernacle is a capital covenant offense for anyone within the community's space. The equal penalty for the Israelite and the foreigner communicates the equal accountability of all who live within the covenant community's space.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!