Leviticus 24

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may bring to you clear oil from the purest olives, in order to supply the lamps continuously

3 Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.

outside the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall place these, from evening until morning, before the Lord, as a perpetual worship and ritual in your generations.

4 He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

They shall be placed upon the most pure candlestick in the sight of the Lord always.

5 You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

You shall also receive fine wheat flour, and you shall bake twelve loaves from it, each loaf of which shall have two-tenths.

6 and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

And you shall arrange them, six on each side, upon the most pure table before the Lord.

7 And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

And you shall place upon them the clearest frankincense, so that the bread may be a memorial of oblation for the Lord.

8 Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.

On each Sabbath, they shall be changed before the Lord, having been received from the sons of Israel as an everlasting covenant.

9 It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD—his portion forever.”

And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, so that they may eat these in the holy place; for it is the Holy of holies from the sacrifices of the Lord, as a perpetual right.

10 Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.

Then, behold, the son of an Israelite woman, whom she had born of an Egyptian man among the sons of Israel, going out, was quarreling in the camp with a man of Israel.

11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he was led to Moses. (Now his mother was called Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the tribe of Dan.)

12 They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

And they sent him to prison, until they might know what the Lord would command,

13 Then the LORD said to Moses,

who spoke to Moses,

14 “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.

saying: Lead away the blasphemer beyond the camp, and let all who heard him place their hands upon his head, and let the entire people stone him.

15 And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.

And you shall say to the sons of Israel: The man who curses his God shall bear his sin,

16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

and whoever will have blasphemed the name of the Lord shall be put to death. The entire multitude shall overwhelm him with stones, whether he be a citizen or a sojourner. Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death.

17 And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.

Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death.

18 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

Whoever will have struck down an animal shall repay its equivalent, that is, a life for a life.

19 If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:

Whoever will have inflicted a blemish on any of his citizens, just as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he repay. Whatever degree of blemish he has inflicted, so shall he be compelled to suffer.

21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.

Whoever strikes down a beast, shall repay another. Whoever strikes a man shall be punished.

22 You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

Let there be equal judgment among you, whether it is a sojourner or a citizen who will have sinned. For I am the Lord your God.

23 Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel. And they led away him who had blasphemed, beyond the camp, and they overwhelmed him with stones. And the sons of Israel did just as the Lord had instructed Moses.