Text: Leviticus 24:10
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 22:28
Subject: precedent of blasphemer case
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Exodus 22:28 prohibits cursing God (אֱלֹהִים לֹא תְקַלֵּל, elohim lo teqallel), establishing the legal principle without specifying the penalty. Leviticus 24:10 provides the test case: a man of mixed Israelite-Egyptian parentage "blasphemed the Name" during a camp quarrel, and Moses consulted the LORD, who prescribed death by stoning. The narrative demonstrates how Exodus's apodictic prohibition required casuistic application when an actual case arose—the penalty, the communal method of execution (all witnesses lay hands on his head), and the universal scope (applying to foreigners as well) were all clarified through this precedent-setting incident.