But the soul that doeth [ought] presumptuously, [whether he be] born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais si quelqu'un, indigène ou étranger, agit la main levée, il outrage l'Eternel; celui-là sera retranché du milieu de son peuple.
KJV
But the soul that doeth [ought] presumptuously, [whether he be] born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
ἔργοις οὐκ ἀνθρώπους μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ „θεὸν παροξύνει“ τὸν ἰσότητος καὶ παντὸς τοῦ ἀρίστου δημιουργόν (Num. 15,30). ἐν οὖν τῷ περιρραίνεσθαι πληττομένοις καὶ διεγειρομένοις μόνον οὐκ ἄντικρυς αὐτὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα, γῆ καὶ ὕδωρ, φωνὴν ἀφιέντα φησίν· ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν ἡ τοῦ σώματος ὑμῶν οὐσία,…
Philo Judaeus
De Virtutibus
είῳ παρέδωκε δικαστηρίῳ. φησὶ γάρ· ὃς ἂν ἐγχειρῇ τι πράττειν μεθ’ ὑπερηφανίας, „τὸν θεὸν παροξύνει“ (Num. 15,30). διὰ τί; ὅτι πρῶτον μὲν ἀλαζονεία ψυχῆς ἐστι κακία, ψυχὴ δὲ ἀόρατος ὅτι μὴ θεῷ, κολαστὴς δὲ ὁ μὲν τυφλὸς ἐπίμεμπτος, ἄγνοιαν κατήγορον ἔχων, ὁ δὲ βλέπων ἐπαινετός, ἐπι…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
and then he was to be utterly cut off as a rebel and a destroyer of the commandment of the Law [*Cf. Num. 15:30,31 ]. Accordingly we must say that, in appointing the punishment for theft, the Law considered what would be likely to happen most frequently ( Ex. 22:1-9 ): wherefore,…
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