Numbers 15

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have entered into the land of your habitation, which I will give you,

3 and you present an offering made by fire to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast—

and you make an offering to the Lord, as a holocaust or as a victim, paying your vows, or as a voluntary offering of gifts, or in your solemnities, burning a sweet odor to the Lord, whether from the oxen or from the sheep:

4 then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.

whoever immolates the victim shall offer a sacrifice of fine wheat flour, the tenth part of an ephah, sprinkled with oil, which shall have the measure of the fourth part of a hin,

5 With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.

and he shall give the same measure of wine, poured out as libations, whether as a holocaust or as a victim.

6 With a ram you are to prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil,

With each lamb and each ram, there shall be a sacrifice of fine wheat flour, of two tenths, which shall be sprinkled with one third part of a hin of oil.

7 and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

And he shall offer the same measure, one third part of wine, for the libation, as a sweet odor to the Lord.

8 When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,

Yet truly, when you will offer, from the oxen, a holocaust or a victim, in order to fulfill your vow or for peace-offering victims,

9 present with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.

you shall give, for each ox, three tenths of fine wheat flour, sprinkled with oil, which has the measure of one half of one hin,

10 Also present half a hin of wine as a drink offering. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

and the wine, poured out as libations, shall be of the same measure, as an oblation of most sweet odor to the Lord.

11 This is to be done for each bull, ram, lamb, or goat.

So shall you do

12 This is how you must prepare each one, no matter how many.

for each ox, and ram, and lamb, and young goat.

13 Everyone who is native-born shall prepare these things in this way when he presents an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Both natives and sojourners

14 And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.

shall offer sacrifices by the same rituals.

15 The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.

There shall be one precept and one judgment, as much for yourselves as for newcomers to the land.”

16 The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17 Then the LORD said to Moses,

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them:

18 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you

When you will arrive in the land which I will give to you,

19 and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.

and when you will eat from the bread of that region, you shall separate the first-fruits to the Lord

20 From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor.

from the foods that you eat. Just as you separate the first-fruits of your threshing floors,

21 Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.

so also shall you give the first-fruits of your cooked grains to the Lord.

22 Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—

And if, through ignorance, you neglect any of these things, which the Lord has spoken to Moses,

23 all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—

and which he has commanded through him for you, from the day that he began to command and thereafter,

24 and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.

and if the multitude will have forgotten to do it, then they shall offer a calf from the herd, a holocaust as a most sweet odor to the Lord, and its sacrifice and libations, just as the ceremonies ask, and a he-goat for sin.

25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD an offering made by fire and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin.

And the priest shall pray for the entire multitude of the sons of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, because they did not sin willfully. Nevertheless, they shall offer incense to the Lord for themselves, and for sin, as well as for their error.

26 Then the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally.

And it shall be forgiven all the people of the sons of Israel, as well as the newcomers who sojourn among them, for it is the culpability of all the people through neglect.

27 Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.

But if one soul will have sinned by not knowing, he shall offer a one-year-old she-goat for his sin.

28 And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.

And the priest shall pray for him, because he sinned unknowingly before the Lord. And he shall obtain pardon for him, and it will be forgiven him.

29 You shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.

One law shall be for all who sin by ignorance, as much for natives as for newcomers.

30 But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.

Yet truly, the soul who commits any of these acts through arrogance, whether he is a citizen or a sojourner, because he has rebelled against the Lord, shall perish from among his people.

31 He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

For he has despised the word of the Lord, and he has nullified his precept. For this reason, he shall be destroyed, and he shall bear his iniquity.”

32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

And it happened that, when the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, and they had found a man collecting wood on the day of the Sabbath,

33 Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,

they brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole multitude.

34 and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.

And they enclosed him in a prison, not knowing what they should do with him.

35 And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”

And the Lord said to Moses, “Let that man be put to death; let the entire crowd crush him with stones, outside the camp.”

36 So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And when they had led him out, they overwhelmed him with stones, and he died, just as the Lord had instructed.

37 Later, the LORD said to Moses,

The Lord also said to Moses:

38 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall tell them to make for themselves hems at the corners of their cloaks, placing in them ribbons of hyacinth,

39 These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

so that, when they see these, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and they may not follow their own thoughts and eyes, fornicating in various ways,

40 Then you will remember and obey all My commandments, and you will be holy to your God.

but instead, they, being more mindful of the precepts of the Lord, may do them and may be holy to their God.

41 I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.”

I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, so that I may be your God.”