Quotes about Responsibility

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.

Then the LORD said to Moses,

You shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.

He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Then the LORD said to Moses,

and the LORD said to Moses,

And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.