Numbers 15

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

The Lord told Moses,

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

“Tell the Israelites, ‘These are instructions about what you are to do once you arrive in the country I'm giving you to live in.

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—

When you bring an offering to the Lord from your herd or flock (whether it's a burnt offering, a sacrifice to fulfill a promise you made, or a freewill or festival offering) that will be acceptable to the Lord,

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.

then you shall also present a grain offering of one tenth of an ephah of best flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.

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

Add a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering to the burn offering or the sacrifice of a lamb.

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,

When it comes to a ram, present a grain offering of two tenths of an ephah of best flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil,

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

along with a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering, all of them to be acceptable 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,

When you bring a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a promise you made or as a peace offering to the Lord,

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.

then you shall also with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the best flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.

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.

Add a half a hin of wine as a drink offering. All this is an offering to be acceptable to the Lord.

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

This is to be done for every bull, ram, lamb, or goat brought as an offering.

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

This is what you need to do for each one, however many.

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.

Every Israelite is to follow these instructions when they present an offering that is accepted by the Lord.

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.

This also applies for all future generations that if a foreigner living among you or anyone else among you wishes to present an offering acceptable to the Lord: they are to do exactly what you do.

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.

The whole congregation must have the same rules for you and for the foreigner living among you. This is a permanent law for all future generations You and the foreigner are to be treated the same way before the law.

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

The same rules and regulations apply to you and the foreigner living among you.’”

17 Then the LORD said to Moses,

Then the Lord told Moses,

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

“Tell the Israelites, ‘When you get to the country where I'm leading you

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

and you eat the food produced there, you shall give some of it as an offering 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.

You are to give some of the flour you make into loaves as a gift—present it just like an offering from the threshing floor.

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

For all future generations, you are to give the Lord an offering from the first of your flour.

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

Now if you collectively sin without meaning to and don't follow all these instructions that the Lord has given 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—

everything that the Lord has ordered you to do through Moses from the time that the Lord gave them and for all future generations—

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 it was done unintentionally without everyone knowing about it, then the whole congregation is to present a young bull as a burnt offering to be accepted by the Lord, along with its grain offering and drink offering presented according to the rules, as well as a male goat as a sin offering.

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.

In this way the priest is to make the whole congregation of Israel right with the Lord so that they can be forgiven, because the sin was unintentional and they have presented the Lord with an burnt offering and a sin offering, offered before the Lord for their unintentional sin.

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

Then the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because the people sinned unintentionally.

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

In the case of an individual who sins without meaning to—they are to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.

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.

The priest will make the person who sinned unintentionally right before the Lord their behalf. Once they have been made right, they will be forgiven.

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.

You shall apply the same law for the one who mistakenly sins to an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.

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.

But the person who sins in defiance, whether an Israelite or foreigner, is blaspheming the Lord. They shall be expelled from their 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.”

They have to be expelled, because they have treated the word of the Lord with contempt and broken his commandment. They are responsible for the consequences of their own guilt.’”

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

During the time the Israelites were wandering in the desert, a man was caught collecting firewood on the Sabbath.

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

The people who found him collecting wood brought him before Moses, Aaron, and the rest of the Israelites.

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

They placed him under guard because it wasn't clear what should happen to 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.”

The Lord told Moses, “This man has to be executed. All the Israelites are to stone him 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.

So they all took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death as the Lord had ordered Moses.

37 Later, the LORD said to Moses,

Sometime later the Lord told 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.

“Tell the Israelites that for all future generations you must make tassels for the hems of your clothes and attach them with blue cord.

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.

When you look at these tassels you will be reminded to keep all the commandments of the Lord and not be unfaithful, following your own thoughts and desires.

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

In this way you'll remember to keep all my commandments and you will be holy to your God. I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt to be your 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!”