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In the law
it is written: “Do not blaspheme God” (Exodus 22:28 – NIV),
therefore we must not blaspheme the Holy Name of God. Under the law anyone
who blasphemed God was deserving of death and had to be stoned. The following
incident, occurred during the journey of the Israelites in the wilderness,
confirms this clearly: “And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was
an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the
Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; And the
Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they
brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of
Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) And they put him in
ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. 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” (Leviticus
24:10-16).
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