And it shall be, [that] he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
Ver. 15. Shall be burnt with fire.] After that he is first stoned with stones as a presumptuous offender, Numbers 15:30 ; Num 15:35 who is a kind of blasphemer, Eze 20:37 and his sin such, as is not to be expiated by sacrifice.
He and all that he hath.] His children also, as part of his goods, and infected with the contagion of his sin. Besides, they owed a death to God, who might require that debt when and how he would; neither could there be any iniquity with the Lord, since his holy will is not only recta sed regula, right, but the rule of right: neither is it for silly men to reprehend what they cannot comprehend.
And because he hath wrought folly.] Or, Wickedness, which is folly in the abstract: like as righteousness is right-wiseness, and a righteous man a right-wise-man, as in our old English books we find it printed.
In Israel.] Quorum ingentia beneficia, ingentia flagitia, ingentia igitur supplicia: men's offences are increased by their obligations.