“The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.”
The curse upon those who engage in such covenant violation—removing them from the congregation and eliminating their posterity—establishes marital faithlessness as a capital covenant offense. The imagery of being cut off from both community and future generations emphasizes that covenant violation severs the violator from God's redemptive purposes and promises. The refusal of offerings suggests that those who betray covenant at the most intimate level forfeit their standing to approach the altar, making sexual fidelity and religious purity inseparable. This harsh judgment reflects the severity with which the post-exilic community viewed threats to ethnic and covenantal purity.
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