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Leviticus 24:11
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records a man of an Israelite mother and Egyptian father cursing the divine Name during a camp dispute, after which the community brings him to Moses for judgment.
The words — The Hebrew יִקֹּב (yi.ko) literally translates as he slandered or cursed, functioning alongside קִלֵּל (ki.lel) to denote the specific act of invoking a curse upon the Name.
The thread — The event directly invokes the covenant boundary against profaning the Name (Exodus 20:7) and establishes the procedural pause where the offender is held until God’s verdict is revealed (Leviticus 24:12).
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to acknowledge that direct assault on the divine Name triggers immediate judicial process and demands waiting on authoritative revelation before action is taken.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
Cross-references
- Exodus 20:7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Exodus 3:15 God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
- Exodus 18:22 Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.
- Exodus 18:26 And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.
- Leviticus 24:15 And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
- Job 2:5 But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Isaiah 8:21 They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
- Matthew 26:65 At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
- Numbers 15:33 Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,
- 1 Kings 21:10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”