^28 (A)“You shall not revile God, nor ^(B)curse a ruler of your people.

¹⁶ Whoever ^(A)blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

¹¹ Then ^(A)they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

⁵ And Paul said, ^(A)“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ^(B)‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”