He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Ver. 28. He that despised] i.e. He that with a high hand violated it, or fell into any capital crime, and it came to light, died without mercy. As for those heinous offences, that not being discovered, and sufficiently proved, came not under the Judge's cognizance, the Lord, for the easing of men's consciences, and for the saving of their lives, appointed the yearly feast of expiations, Leviticus 16:29 .