Numbers 15

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Say to the children of Israel, When you have come into the land which I am giving to you for your resting-place,

“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 are going to make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burned offering or an offering in connection with an oath, or an offering freely given, or at your regular feasts, an offering for a sweet smell to the Lord, from the herd or the flock:

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 let him who is making his offering, give to the Lord a meal offering of a tenth part of a measure of the best meal mixed with a fourth part of a hin of 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 And for the drink offering, you are to give with the burned offering or other offering, the fourth part of a hin of wine for every lamb.

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

6 Or for a male sheep, give as a meal offering two tenth parts of a measure of the best meal mixed with a third part of a hin of 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 for the drink offering give a third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet smell 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 And when you make ready a young ox for a burned or other offering, or for the effecting of an oath, or for peace-offerings 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 Then with the ox give a meal offering of three tenth parts of a measure of the best meal mixed with half a hin of 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 And for the drink offering: give half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire for a sweet smell 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 every young ox and for every male sheep or he-lamb or young goat.

So shall you do

12 Whatever number you make ready, so you are to do for every one.

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

13 All those who are Israelites by birth are to do these things in this way, when giving an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.

Both natives and sojourners

14 And if a man from another country or any other person living among you, through all your generations, has the desire to give an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, let him do as you do.

shall offer sacrifices by the same rituals.

15 There is to be one law for you and for the man of another country living with you, one law for ever from generation to generation; as you are, so is he to be before the Lord.

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

16 The law and the rule are to be the same for you and for those from other lands living with you.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17 And the Lord said to Moses,

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

18 Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land where I am guiding you,

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

19 Then, when you take for your food the produce of the land, you are to give an offering lifted up before the Lord.

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

20 Of the first of your rough meal you are to give a cake for a lifted offering, lifting it up before the Lord as the offering of the grain-floor is lifted up.

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

21 From generation to generation you are to give to the Lord a lifted offering from the first of your rough meal.

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

22 And if in error you go against any of these laws which the Lord has given to Moses,

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

23 All the laws which the Lord has given you by the hand of Moses, from the day when the Lord gave them, and ever after from generation to generation;

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

24 Then, if the wrong is done in error, without the knowledge of the meeting of the people, let all the meeting give a young ox as a burned offering, a sweet smell to the Lord, with its meal offering and its drink offering, as is ordered in the law, together with a he-goat for 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 So the priest will make the people free from sin, and they will have forgiveness; for it was an error, and they have given their offering made by fire to the Lord, and their sin-offering before the Lord, on account of their error:

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 And all the meeting of the children of Israel, as well as those from other lands living among them, will have forgiveness; for it was an error on the part of the people.

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 And if one person does wrong, without being conscious of it, then let him give a she-goat of the first year for 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 will take away the sin of the person who has done wrong, if the wrong was done unconsciously, and he will have forgiveness.

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 The law in connection with wrong done unconsciously is to be the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from another country who is living among them.

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

30 But the person who does wrong in the pride of his heart, if he is one of you or of another nation by birth, is acting without respect for the Lord, and will be cut off from 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 Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be 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 Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks 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 And those who saw him getting sticks took him before Moses and Aaron and all the people.

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

34 And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.

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

35 Then the Lord said to Moses, Certainly the man is to be put to death: let him be stoned by all the people outside the tent-circle.

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 all the people took him outside the tent-circle and he was stoned to death there, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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

37 And the Lord said to Moses,

The Lord also said to Moses:

38 Say to the children of Israel that through all their generations they are to put on the edges of their robes an ornament of twisted threads, and in every ornament a blue cord;

“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 So that, looking on these ornaments, you may keep in mind the orders of the Lord and do them; and not be guided by the desires of your hearts and eyes, through which you have been untrue to me:

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 And that you may keep in mind all my orders and do them and 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 took you out of the land of Egypt, so that I might 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.”