Hi! everyone.
Would someone tell me the meaning of the phrase in bold?
But Moses pleads for mercy for such as erred from weakness and not from contumacy, and were truly repentant, although all who erred were in their several degrees worthy of punishment.
I couldn't understand it's meaning.
Thanks.
e. different severities) of punishment.
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It means that different people deserved different degrees (i.e. different severities) of punishment.