²⁶ Then the prophet who had made him come back, hearing it, said, It is the man of God, who went against the word of the Lord; that is why the Lord has given him to the lion to be wounded to death, as the Lord said.

³ Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.

¹⁰ So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

¹⁴ But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.

¹²⁰ My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.

³¹ If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

⁶ Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

³⁰ For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

²⁸ If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

²⁹ For our God is an all-burning fire.

¹⁷ For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?