all … stone him probably to be attributed to P or R p [72], as the original word for -congregation" is not found elsewhere in H.

[72] A Reviser, who, probably after that collection had been combined with the Priestly Code, introduced further elements from that Code.

The occurrence just related having brought about the enactment of a law dealing with the particular case of blasphemy, an occasion is thus offered for adding penalties for other transgressions. For the death penalty as prescribed in this v.for smiting a man mortally, cp. Exodus 21:12-14.

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