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Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and will never again commit any such evil among you.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 20. Things. This is the design of penal laws, to render justice to the innocent, and to prevent the spreading of a contagious evil, by cutting off the hopes of impunity. Grot. Jur. ii. 10. 9.—“I would cause the criminal’s throat to be cut, says Seneca, (de Ira ii.) with the same countenance and mind as I kill serpents and venomous animals.”
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