Those who worship ¹  worthless idols ²  forfeit the mercy that could be theirs. ³ 

For what benefit is it for a person ¹  to gain the whole world, yet ²  forfeit his life?

Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.