# General Information:

Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must do.

# the curse

Jewish law and leaders both required the people to testify if they were witnesses to a crime, so this phrase refers to the curse uttered against those who refuse to testify. Alternate translation: "people ask God to punish anyone who refuses to tell what he knows " (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])