Everyone who does any of these detestable things — such persons must be cut off from their people. The cut off penalty applies to every violation in the detestable category. The comprehensive penalty communicates the severity of the sexual ethics violations: these are not minor infractions requiring minor penalties but covenant-level violations requiring the most severe community sanction. The cut off from the people removes the violator from the covenant community whose holiness they have violated.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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