Leviticus 26:15

26:15 if you reject my statutes and abhor my regulations so that you do not keep ¹  all my commandments and you break my covenant –

Leviticus 26:43

26:43 The land will be abandoned by them ²  in order that it may make up for ³  its Sabbaths while it is made desolate ⁴  without them, ⁵  and they will make up for their iniquity because ⁶  they have rejected my regulations and have abhorred ⁷  my statutes.

Leviticus 26:2

26:2 You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence ⁸  my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 12:1

Purification of a Woman after Childbirth

12:1 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Psalms 119:126

119:126 It is time for the Lord to act –

they break your law!

Proverbs 13:13

13:13 The one who despises instruction ⁹  will pay the penalty, ¹⁰ 

but whoever esteems instruction ¹¹  will ¹²  be rewarded. ¹³ 

Isaiah 30:12

30:12 For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says:

“You have rejected this message; ¹⁴ 

you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, ¹⁵ 

and rely on that kind of behavior. ¹⁶ 

Isaiah 30:1

Egypt Will Prove Unreliable

30:1 “The rebellious ¹⁷  children are as good as dead,” ¹⁸  says the Lord,

“those who make plans without consulting me, ¹⁹ 

who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, ²⁰ 

and thereby compound their sin. ²¹ 

Isaiah 4:1

4:1 Seven women will grab hold of

one man at that time. ²² 

They will say, “We will provide ²³  our own food,

we will provide ²⁴  our own clothes;

but let us belong to you ²⁵  –

take away our shame!” ²⁶ 

Hebrews 10:28-29

10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death ²⁷  without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁸  10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for ²⁹  the Son of God, and profanes ³⁰  the blood of the covenant that made him holy, ³¹  and insults the Spirit of grace?

[26:15]  ¹ tn Heb “to not do.”

[26:43]  ² tn Heb “from them.” The preposition “from” refers here to the agent of the action (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 455).

[26:43]  ³ tn The jussive form of the verb with the simple vav (ו) here calls for a translation that expresses purpose.

[26:43]  ⁴ tn The verb is the Hophal infinitive construct with the third feminine singular suffix (GKC 182 §67.y; cf. v. 34).

[26:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “from them.”

[26:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “because and in because,” a double expression, which is used only here and in Ezek 13:10 (without the vav) for emphasis (GKC 492 §158.b).

[26:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “and their soul has abhorred.”

[26:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and my sanctuary you shall fear.” Cf. NCV “respect”; CEV “honor.”

[13:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “the word.” The term “word” means teaching in general; its parallel “command” indicates that it is the more forceful instruction that is meant. Both of these terms are used for scripture.

[13:13]  ¹⁰ tc The MT reads יֵחָבֶל (yekhavel, “he will pay [for it]”; cf. NAB, NIV) but the BHS editors suggest revocalizing the text to יְחֻבָּל (yÿkhubal, “he will be broken [for it]”; cf. NRSV “bring destruction on themselves”).

[13:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fears a commandment”; NIV “respects a command.”

[13:13]  ¹² tn Heb “he” or “that one” [will be rewarded].

[13:13]  ¹³ tc The LXX adds: “A crafty son will have no good thing, but the affairs of a wise servant will be prosperous; and his path will be directed rightly.”

[30:12]  ¹⁴ tn The sentence actually begins with the word “because.” In the Hebrew text vv. 12-13 are one long sentence.

[30:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and you trust in oppression and cunning.”

[30:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and you lean on it”; NAB “and depend on it.”

[30:1]  ¹⁷ tn Or “stubborn” (NCV); cf. NIV “obstinate.”

[30:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Woe [to] rebellious children.”

[30:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “making a plan, but not from me.”

[30:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and pouring out a libation, but not [from] my spirit.” This translation assumes that the verb נָסַךְ (nasakh) means “pour out,” and that the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה (massekhah) means “libation.” In this case “pouring out a libation” alludes to a ceremony that formally ratifies an alliance. Another option is to understand the verb נָסַךְ as a homonym meaning “weave,” and the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה as a homonym meaning “covering.” In this case forming an alliance is likened to weaving a garment.

[30:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “consequently adding sin to sin.”

[4:1]  ²² tn Or “in that day” (ASV).

[4:1]  ²³ tn Heb “eat” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “buy.”

[4:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “wear” (so NASB, NRSV); NCV “make.”

[4:1]  ²⁵ tn Heb “only let your name be called over us.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28, and BDB 896 s.v. I ָקרָא Niph. 2.d.(4). The language reflects the cultural reality of ancient Israel, where women were legally the property of their husbands.

[4:1]  ²⁶ sn This refers to the humiliation of being unmarried and childless. The women’s words reflect the cultural standards of ancient Israel, where a woman’s primary duties were to be a wife and mother.

[10:28]  ²⁷ tn Grk “dies.”

[10:28]  ²⁸ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.

[10:29]  ²⁹ tn Grk “tramples under foot.”

[10:29]  ³⁰ tn Grk “regarded as common.”

[10:29]  ³¹ tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”