Deliberate Sin

15:30 “ ‘But the person30 who acts defiantly,31 whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults32 the Lord.33 That person34 must be cut off35 from among his people. 15:31 Because he has despised36 the word of the Lord and has broken37 his commandment, that person38 must be completely cut off.39 His iniquity will be on him.’ ”40

15:32 When the Israelites were41 in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.42 15:33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community. 15:34 They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him. 15:35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone43 him with stones outside the camp.” 15:36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death,44 just as the Lord commanded Moses.