Hebrews 10:28 Cross References

Hebrews 10:28

28: Anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

The message God delivered through angels has always proved true, and the people were punished for every violation of the law and every act of disobedience.

"Never convict anyone of a crime on the testimony of just one witness. The facts of the case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact.

But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

This is the third time I am coming to visit you. As the Scriptures say, "The facts of every case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses."

The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.

"Suppose your brother, son, daughter, beloved wife, or closest friend comes to you secretly and says, `Let us go worship other gods'--gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.
They might suggest that you worship the gods of peoples who live nearby or who come from the ends of the earth.
If they do this, do not give in or listen, and have no pity. Do not spare or protect them.
You must put them to death! You must be the one to initiate the execution; then all the people must join in.
Stone the guilty ones to death because they have tried to draw you away from the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery.

So the whole community took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.

"Suppose a man or woman among you, in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, has done evil in the sight of the LORD your God and has violated the covenant
by serving other gods or by worshiping the sun, the moon, or any of the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden.
When you hear about it, investigate the matter thoroughly. If it is true that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,
then that man or woman must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death.
But never put a person to death on the testimony of only one witness. There must always be at least two or three witnesses.

I will smash them one against the other, even parents against children, says the LORD. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.'"

"But those who brazenly violate the LORD's will, whether native Israelites or foreigners, blaspheme the LORD, and they must be cut off from the community.
Since they have treated the LORD's word with contempt and deliberately disobeyed his commands, they must be completely cut off and suffer the consequences of their guilt."

Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge the guilt of murder from Israel so all may go well with you.

For God said to Moses, "I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose."

Then David confessed to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won't die for this sin.

Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah and stolen his wife.

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