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11. And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that
they may go in and possess the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give un-
to them.
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According to the Torah, any Israelite who refuses to execute the God’s will for
one or another reason would be punished by death. The Torah has a long list of vari-
ous punishments and curses which the God Jehovah prepared for an Israelite who
would dare to refuse him or his plans:

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16. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside,
and serve other gods, and worship them;
17. And then the LORD’S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the
heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye
perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
18. Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and
bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your
eyes.
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But this not all:
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10. That, who is among you feareth the LORD and obeyeth the voice of his
slave, even he walketh in darkness and hath no light, let him trust in the name of
the LORD, and stay upon his God.

11. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire of the LORD’S wrath, that throw sparks at
the LORD: walk in the flame of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled.
“This shall ye have a punishment of mine hand; ye shall lie down in the tomb”.
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Moreover, the Lord calls any Israelite to kill everyone who tries to lead him
“astray” — away from the God Jehovah’s “light”:

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7. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of
thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying,
Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fa-
thers;
8. Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee,
or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the
earth;
9. Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine

191 The Pentateuch and Haphtarahs, The book of Dvarim, Ekev XI, 8-11, p. 1136-1137.
192 The Pentateuch and Haphtarahs, The book of Dvarim, Ekev XI, 16 -18, p. 1143.
193 The Pentateuch and Haphtarahs, The book of Dvarim, Ieshaiahu L, 10 -11, p. 1150.

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