And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
As well the stranger, as he that is born in the land. Although strangers were not obliged to be circumcised, yet by joining the Israelite camp they became amenable to the law, especially that which related to blasphemy. From the decision of the oracle in this case, the Jews derived the superstitious practice of not uttering the name of Yahweh.