¹⁵ God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,^[a] the God of your fathers^(A)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob^(B)—has sent me to you.’

²⁸ “Do not blaspheme God^[a](A) or curse^(B) the ruler of your people.^(C)

⁵ But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,^(A) and he will surely curse you to your face.”^(B)

⁹ His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?^(A) Curse God and die!”^(B)

²¹ Distressed and hungry,^(A) they will roam through the land;^(B) when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse^(C) their king and their God.