⁴ Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone^(A) me.”

¹⁶ anyone who blasphemes^(A) the name of the Lord is to be put to death.^(B) The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they blaspheme the Name they are to be put to death.

⁶ David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning^(A) him; each one was bitter^(B) in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength^(C) in the Lord his God.

³¹ Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,^(A)

⁸ “But Rabbi,”^(A) they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you,^(B) and yet you are going back?”