19:20 cut off from the midst of the assembly. This exact phrase occurs nowhere else in the Bible. “Cut off from Israel” occurs twice (Ex. 12:15; Num. 19:13). Similar expressions occur in Lev. 17:10; 20:3, 5, 6; 23:29; Num. 9:13; 15:30; Ezek. 14:8. On the meaning of “cut off,” see note Lev. 7:20.