Have nothing to do with a false charge(A) and do not put an innocent(B) or honest person to death,(C) for I will not acquit the guilty.(D)

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(A)Keep yourself far from a false matter; (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For (C)I will not justify the wicked.

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“‘If the anointed priest(A) sins,(B) bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull(C) without defect(D) as a sin offering[a](E) for the sin he has committed.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:3 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter

(A)if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the Lord for his sin which he has sinned (B)a young bull without blemish as a (C)sin offering.

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22 “‘When a leader(A) sins unintentionally(B) and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the Lord his God, when he realizes his guilt

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22 ‘When a [a]ruler has sinned, and (A)done something unintentionally against any of the commandments of the Lord his God in anything which should not be done, and is guilty,

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  1. Leviticus 4:22 leader

27 “‘If any member of the community sins unintentionally(A) and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, when they realize their guilt

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27 (A)‘If [a]anyone of the [b]common people sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the Lord in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty,

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  1. Leviticus 4:27 Lit. any soul
  2. Leviticus 4:27 Lit. people of the land

22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown(A) and cried out, “O God, the God who gives breath to all living things,(B) will you be angry with the entire assembly(C) when only one man sins?”(D)

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22 Then they (A)fell[a] on their faces, and said, “O God, (B)the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the (C)congregation?”

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  1. Numbers 16:22 prostrated themselves

25 “Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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25 (A)‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

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17 When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the Lord, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd,[a] have done wrong. These are but sheep.(A) What have they done?(B) Let your hand fall on me and my family.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 24:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.

17 Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Surely (A)I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”

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The Lord is in his holy temple;(A)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(B)
He observes everyone on earth;(C)
    his eyes examine(D) them.
The Lord examines the righteous,(E)
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.(F)
On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;(G)
    a scorching wind(H) will be their lot.

For the Lord is righteous,(I)
    he loves justice;(J)
    the upright(K) will see his face.(L)

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The Lord is in His holy temple,
The Lord’s (A)throne is in heaven;
(B)His eyes behold,
His eyelids test the sons of men.
The Lord (C)tests the righteous,
But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
Upon the wicked He will rain coals;
Fire and brimstone and a burning wind
(D)Shall be [a]the portion of their cup.

For the Lord is righteous,
He (E)loves righteousness;
[b]His countenance beholds the upright.

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  1. Psalm 11:6 Their allotted portion or serving
  2. Psalm 11:7 Or The upright beholds His countenance

21 The wicked band together(A) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent(B) to death.(C)

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21 They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn (A)innocent blood.

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For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins(A) is the one who will die.(B)

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“Behold, all souls are (A)Mine;
The soul of the father
As well as the soul of the son is Mine;
(B)The soul who sins shall die.

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if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(A) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(B)

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then (A)the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,

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