Leviticus 24
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
The Lord told Moses,
2 Command the sons of Israel, that they bring to thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
“Order the Israelites to bring you pure, pressed olive oil for the lamps, so they will always stay lit.
3 Aaron shall keep it outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
From evening until morning Aaron is to constantly look after the lamps continually before the Lord, outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting. This regulation is for all time and for all future generations.
4 He shall keep the lamps upon the pure lampstand in order before Jehovah continually.
He is to constantly look after the lamps placed on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord.
5 And thou shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it. Two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
Using the best flour bake twelve loaves, with two-tenths of an ephah of flour per loaf.
6 And thou shall set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.
Place them in two piles, six in each pile, on the table made of pure gold that stands before the Lord.
7 And thou shall put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
Place pure frankincense beside each pile to go with the bread to act as the ‘reminder part,’ a food offering to the Lord.
8 Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually. It is on the behalf of the sons of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
Every Sabbath day the bread shall be placed before the Lord, given by the Israelites as an ongoing sign of the eternal agreement.
9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons. And they shall eat it in a holy place, for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.
It is for Aaron and his descendants. They are to eat it in a holy place; for they must treat it as a most holy part of the food offerings given to the Lord. It is their share of the food offerings for all time.”
10 And the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the sons of Israel. And the son of the Israelite woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp,
One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went into the Israelite camp and had a fight with an Israelite.
11 and the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
The Israelite woman's son cursed the name of the Lord. So they took him before Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan.)
12 And they put him in ward, that it might be declared to them at the mouth of Jehovah.
They detained him until it was clear what the Lord wanted them to do about it.
13 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
The Lord told Moses,
14 Bring forth him who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
“Take the man who cursed me outside the camp. Have all who heard him curse put their hands on his head; then have everyone stone him to death.
15 And thou shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
Tell the Israelites that anyone who curses their God will be punished for their sin.
16 And he who blasphemes the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him. As well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
Anyone who curses the name of the Lord must to be executed. All of you must stone them to death, whether they are a foreigner who lives with you or an Israelite. If they curse my name, they must be executed.
17 And he who smites any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
Anyone who kills someone else must be executed.
18 And he who smites a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.
Anyone who kills an animal has to replace it—a life for a life.
19 And if a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him:
If anyone injures someone else, whatever they've done must be done to them:
20 injury for injury, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered to him.
a broken bone for a broken bone, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever way they injured the victim, the same must be done to them.
21 And he who kills a beast shall make it good. And he who kills a man shall be put to death.
Anyone who kills an animal has to replace it, but anyone who kills someone else must be executed.
22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as for the sojourner, as for the home-born, for I am Jehovah your God.
The same laws apply to foreigners who live with you as to Israelites, for I am the Lord your God.”
23 And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought forth him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the sons of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Moses told this to the Israelites, and they took the man who cursed the Lord outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did what the Lord ordered Moses to do.
