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4-5 If any of these people hear the signal and ignore it, they will be killed in battle. But it will be their own fault, because they could have escaped if they had paid attention.

But suppose the person watching fails to sound the warning signal. The enemy will attack and kill some of the sinful people in that country, and I, the Lord, will hold that person responsible for their death.

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then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning(A) and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.(B) Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head.(C) If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves.(D) But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’(E)

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