Reference

Numbers 9:13

But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
11

The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

12

They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

13

But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

14

And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

15

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

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Destruction / Perishing Language
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Destruction / Perishing Language

The phrase "cut off from among his people" could be interpreted as social ostracization or excommunication rather than physical destruction or perishing.

Annihilation / Destruction

The phrase "cut off from among his people" could refer to excommunication or social ostracization rather than literal annihilation or ceasing to exist.

Atonement Process

This verse primarily addresses the consequence of failing to observe a specific ritual (Passover) and the resulting sin, rather than detailing the mechanics of how sin is dealt with through sacrifice, mediation, or reconciliation. It focuses on the penalty for non-observance rather than the process of atonement itself.