Psalms 26:9

26:9 Do not sweep me away ¹  with sinners,

or execute me along with violent people, ² 

Numbers 16:26

16:26 And he said to the community, “Move away from the tents of these wicked ³  men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because ⁴  of all their sins.” ⁵ 

Matthew 25:41

25:41 “Then he will say ⁶  to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Matthew 25:46

25:46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

¹ tn Heb “do not gather up my life with.”

² tn Heb “or with men of bloodshed my life.” The verb is supplied; it is understood by ellipsis (see the preceding line).

³ tn The word רָשָׁע (rasha’) has the sense of a guilty criminal. The word “wicked” sometimes gives the wrong connotation. These men were opposing the Lord, and so were condemned as criminals – they were guilty. The idea of “wickedness” therefore applies in that sense.

⁴ tn The preposition bet (בְּ) in this line is causal – “on account of their sins.”

⁵ sn The impression is that the people did not hear what the Lord said to Moses, but only what Moses said to the people as a result. They saw the brilliant cloud, and perhaps heard the sound of his voice, but the relaying of the instructions indicates they did not hear the actual instruction from the Lord himself.

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.