Leviticus 18:29

18:29 For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people. ¹ 

Leviticus 20:3

20:3 I myself will set my face ²  against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, ³  because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. ⁴ 

Numbers 15:30-31

Deliberate Sin

15:30 “‘But the person ⁵  who acts defiantly, ⁶  whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults ⁷  the Lord. ⁸  That person ⁹  must be cut off ¹⁰  from among his people. 15:31 Because he has despised ¹¹  the word of the Lord and has broken ¹²  his commandment, that person ¹³  must be completely cut off. ¹⁴  His iniquity will be on him.’” ¹⁵ 

Joshua 23:12-13

23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with ¹⁶  these nations that remain near you, ¹⁷  and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, ¹⁸  23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; ¹⁹  they will be a whip that tears ²⁰  your sides and thorns that blind ²¹  your eyes until you disappear ²²  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

Joshua 23:1

Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time ²³  passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, ²⁴  and Joshua was very old. ²⁵ 

Joshua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: ²⁶  “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” ²⁷  They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. ²⁸ 

¹ sn Regarding the “cut off” penalty see the note on Lev 7:20.

² tn Heb “And I, I shall give my faces.”

³ sn On the “cut off” penalty see the notes on Lev 7:20 and 17:4.

⁴ tn Heb “for the sake of defiling my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.”

⁵ tn Heb “soul.”

⁶ tn The sin is described literally as acting “with a high hand” – בְּיָד רָמָה (bÿyad ramah). The expression means that someone would do something with deliberate defiance, with an arrogance in spite of what the Lord said. It is as if the sinner was about to attack God, or at least lifting his hand against God. The implication of the expression is that it was done in full knowledge of the Law (especially since this contrasts throughout with the sins of ignorance). Blatant defiance of the word of the Lord is dealt with differently. For similar expressions, see Exod 14:8 and Num 33:3.

⁷ tn The verb occurs only in the Piel; it means “to blaspheme,” “to revile.”

⁸ tn The word order in the Hebrew text places “Yahweh” first for emphasis – it is the Lord such a person insults.

⁹ tn Heb “soul.”

¹⁰ tn The clause begins with “and” because the verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. As discussed with Num 9:13, to be cut off could mean excommunication from the community, death by the community, or death by divine intervention.

¹¹ tn The verb בָּזָה (bazah, “to despise”) means to treat something as worthless, to treat it with contempt, to look down the nose at something as it were.

¹² tn The verb פָּרַר (parar, “to break”) can mean to nullify, break, or violate a covenant.

¹³ tn Heb “soul.”

¹⁴ tn The construction uses the Niphal imperfect with the modifying Niphal infinitive absolute. The infinitive makes the sentence more emphatic. If the imperfect tense is taken as an instruction imperfect, then the infinitive makes the instruction more binding. If it is a simple future, then the future is certain. In either case, there is no exclusion from being cut off.

¹⁵ sn The point is that the person’s iniquity remains with him – he must pay for his sin. The judgment of God in such a case is both appropriate and unavoidable.

¹⁶ tn Heb “and hug.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”

²⁰ tn Heb “in.”

²¹ tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”

²² tn Or “perish.”

²³ tn Heb “many days.”

²⁴ tn Heb “the Lord had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around.”

²⁵ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.

²⁶ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

²⁷ tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

²⁸ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”