Later text
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Intertextuality Pair
Hebrews 10:28 → Deuteronomy 17:2-7
Allusion
Earlier text
If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden— and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel, you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death. On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness. Deuteronomy 17:6 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
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Earlier text
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
Significance
Forms "lesser" part of qal wahomer argument. If covenant breakers under old covenant died without mercy, how much worse punishment for those who trample Son of God, profane covenant blood, outrage Spirit of grace (10:29). Escalates severity of apostasy under new covenant. The logic: if violation of the inferior covenant merited death, how much more severe the punishment for despising the Son, profaning his sacrificial blood, and insulting the Spirit. Greater privilege means greater accountability.
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