Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

Bible References

Presumptuously

Numbers 15:30
“But the person who acts defiantly, whether native or foreign resident, blasphemes the Lord. That person is to be cut off from his people.
Deuteronomy 1:43
So I spoke to you, but you didn’t listen. You rebelled against the Lord’s command and defiantly went up into the hill country.
Deuteronomy 17:12
The person who acts arrogantly, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there serving the Lord your God or to the judge, must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 18:22
When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Deuteronomy 19:11
But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in ambush for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally, and flees to one of these cities,
1 Kings 2:29
It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the Lord’s tabernacle and is now beside the altar.” Then Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada and told him, “Go and strike him down!”
Psalm 19:13
Moreover, keep Your servant from willful sins;
do not let them rule over me.
Then I will be innocent
and cleansed from blatant rebellion.
Hebrews 10:26
For if we deliberately sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
2 Peter 2:10
especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.

Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones;

Slay

Numbers 35:20
Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,
Deuteronomy 27:24
‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother.
2 Samuel 20:9
Joab asked Amasa, “Are you well, my brother?” Then with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

Take him

1 Kings 1:50
Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
1 Kings 2:28
The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah but not Absalom, Joab fled to the Lord’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.
2 Kings 11:15
Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Take her out between the ranks, and put to death by the sword anyone who follows her,” for the priest had said, “She is not to be put to death in the Lord’s temple.”

General references

Exodus 20:13
Do not murder.
Deuteronomy 27:24
‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Proverbs 28:17
A man burdened by bloodguilt
will be a fugitive until death.
Let no one help him.

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