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Outside the camp, witnesses place open hands solemnly on the accused man’s head before elders and the congregation, confirming their testimony. Legal stones remain untouched in a distant pile, indicating the announced sentence without enactment. The man remains clothed and unharmed. No execution, thrown stones, injury, blood, mob rage, curse text, or visible deity.
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Leviticus 24:13-16

Witnesses confirm the grave charge

Lamp, Bread, and Equal Justice · Leviticus 24

Story guide: Outside the camp, witnesses place open hands solemnly on the accused man’s head before elders and the congregation, confirming their testimony. Legal stones remain untouched in a distant pile, indicating the announced sentence without enactment. The man remains clothed and unharmed. No execution, thrown stones, injury, blood, mob rage, curse text, or visible deity.

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13Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

14Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

15And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any man curses his God, then he shall bear his sin.

16Whoever blasphemes the name of Yahweh shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The sojourner as well as the native-born—when he blasphemes the Name—shall be put to death.

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