King James Version
Leviticus 24:15 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.”
Leviticus 24:15 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. killeth: Heb. smiteth the life of a man
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“And thou shalt speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“Whosoever”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“Whosoever”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“curseth”
H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
“his God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“shall bear”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
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