5 “‘Now in case a soul+ sins in that he has heard public cursing*+ and he is a witness or he has seen it or has come to know of it, if he does not report+ it, then he must answer for his error.

2 At length there was found written what Morʹde·cai had reported+ concerning Big·thaʹna and Teʹresh, two court officials+ of the king, doorkeepers, who had sought to lay hand on King A·has·u·eʹrus.*

24 He that is partner with a thief is hating his own soul.+ An oath involving a curse he may hear, but he reports nothing.+

7 “Now as regards you, O son of man, a watchman is what I have made you to the house of Israel,+ and at my mouth you must hear [the] word and give them warning from me.+