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Leviticus 24:11

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the name: Houbigant and others think that the name which this man blasphemed was the name of the god of his native land. But that hashshem: THE NAME, denotes Jehovah, appears from its being used in the latter part of Leviticus 24:16, as equivalent to "the name of Jehovah," in the former part. The Jews also frequently use hashshem: for Jehovah.

cursed: Job 1:5, Job 1:11, Job 1:22, Job 2:5, Job 2:9-10; Isaiah 8:21

brought him: Exodus 18:22, Exodus 18:26; Numbers 15:33-35

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