with a covenantal inscription curse. We see such a curse in Deuteronomy 4:2 and 12:32, where the Israelites are warned against adding to the Mosaic law or taking anything away from it (cf. Prov. 30:5–6). Likewise, we see the same kind of curse at the conclusion of the New Testament in Revelation 22:18–19—“I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book
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