Answering Proof 22: Mosaic law, set-apartness, and the new covenant

The hosts answer Proof 22: the verses are Old Testament law given to covenant Israel to set them apart, before Christ; the severity protects people from self-destruction (wiggle room destroys); 'murder' is a loaded word for lawful punishment the offenders knew. They add that the author is fighting God's sovereignty, not disproving God, with a Jiffy peanut-butter detour and a turn into how truth is conveyed — setting up the spiritual-warfare reflection.