Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 15:31
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.
31. his iniquity shall be upon him ] with his iniquity upon him. The sinner shall be ‘cut off’ (see on Num 9:13) with the burden of his sin still attaching to him, and unatoned for. In the Christian dispensation the one great Sacrifice has procured atonement for all sinners who repent, even though, like the crucified robber, they have sinned with an high hand.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
i.e. The punishment shall be confined to himself, and not fall upon the congregation, as it will do, if they neglect to cut him off.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
31. his iniquity shall be uponhimThe punishment of his sins shall fall on himselfindividually; no guilt shall be incurred by the nation, unless therebe a criminal carelessness in overlooking the offense.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment,…. That is, has broken it through contempt of it, despising it as a command of God, paying no regard to it as a law of his; otherwise such who sin ignorantly break the commandment of God:
that soul shall be utterly cut off; or “in cutting off shall be cut off” u; most certainly cut off and entirely ruined and destroyed in this world and in that to come, as the Targum of Jonathan; and Maimonides w understands it of such a cutting off, that the soul itself perishes and is no more; but such annihilation the Scripture nowhere gives us any reason to believe:
his iniquity [shall be] upon him; the punishment of it, no atonement being made for it by sacrifice; it shall be upon him and him only, or be “in him” x, not repented of and not forgiven.
u “excidendo excidetur”, Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius. w In Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 11. sect. 1. x “in ea”, Montanus, Junins Tremellius, Drusius “in ipso”, Piscator.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
31. Utterly be cut off See Lev 7:20, note. This excision from the living is a foreshadowing of the capital punishment of all who have rejected Jesus Christ, the Son of God and King of angels and men. See Mat 25:46, note.
His iniquity The punishment of his iniquity shall be upon him.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Num 15:31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.
Ver. 31. That gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day. ] This he did with a high hand, as Num 15:30 , in contempt of God and his law. The baser sort of people in Sweden do always break the Sabbath day, saying, that it is only for gentlemen to keep that day. a How much better that poor Indian in New England, who, coming by, and seeing one of the English profaning of the Lord’s day, by felling of a tree, said unto him, Do you not know that this is the Lord’s day? Much machet man, i.e., very wicked man, what! break you God’s day? b The best and wealthiest of the Jews, to prevent servile work on the Sabbath day, with their own hands chop the herbs, sweep the house, cleave wood, kindle the fire, &c., on the day before. c
a Mr Abbot’s Sermons.
b New England’s Firstfruits, p. 4.
c Buxtorf. Synagog.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
iniquity. Hebrew. ‘avah. App-44. Put here by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the punishment produced by it.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
despised: Lev 26:15, Lev 26:43, 2Sa 12:9, Psa 119:126, Pro 13:13, Isa 30:12, 1Th 4:8, Heb 10:28, Heb 10:29
his iniquity: Lev 5:1, Psa 38:4, Isa 53:6, Eze 18:20, 1Pe 2:24, 2Pe 2:21
Reciprocal: Gen 17:14 – cut Exo 21:14 – presumptuously Lev 17:4 – be cut off Num 9:13 – forbeareth Num 25:6 – in the sight of Moses Deu 17:13 – presumptuously 1Sa 3:14 – the iniquity Psa 19:13 – presumptuous Psa 51:16 – desirest Eze 20:13 – and my Mal 2:12 – cut Luk 12:47 – knew 1Jo 3:4 – transgresseth
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15:31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his {h} iniquity [shall be] upon him.
(h) He shall sustain the punishment of his sin.