Genesis 17:10-14
17:14 a will be cut off: This punishment seems to have several applications. A person could be exiled from society or put to death by the community; most often it warned that a person might die prematurely as God cut him off from the land of the living (see Exod 31:14 b; Lev 7:20-27 c; 17:3-4 d; 20:17-18 e; 23:28-29 f; Num 15:30-31 g; see also Ps 31:22 h; Ezek 21:4 i; Rom 9:3 j; 11:22 k). Failure to be circumcised was a serious violation (see Exod 4:24-26 l; cp. Gal 5:2-4 m).
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