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.

Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and dearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually,

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.

Without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall set them from evening until morning before the Lord, by a perpetual service and rite in your generations.

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

They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.

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

Thou shalt take also fine hour, and shalt bake twelve leaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf:

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

And thou shalt set them six and six one against another upon the most clean 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 thou shalt put upon them the dearest frankincense, that the bread may be for a memorial of the oblation of 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.

Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord, being received of the children of Israel by 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 Aaron’s and his sons’, that they may eat them in the holy place: because it is most holy of the sacrifices of the Lord by 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.

And behold there went out the son of a woman of Israel, whom she had of an Egyptian, among the children of Israel, and fell at words 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 brought to Moses: (now his mother was called Salumith, the daughter of Dabri, of the tribe of Dan: )

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

And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command.

13 Then the LORD said to Moses,

And the Lord 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: Bring forth the blasphemer without the camp, and let them that heard him, put their hands upon his head, and let all the 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 thou shalt speak to the children of Israel: the man that curseth 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 he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die: all the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die.

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

He that striketh and killeth a man, dying let him die.

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

He that killeth a beast, shall make it good, that is to say, shall give beast for beast.

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

He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath 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.

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer.

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

He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh 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 he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because 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 children of Israel: and they brought forth him that had blasphemed, without the camp, and they stoned him. And the children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.