Numbers 15
1 And the Lord said to Moses,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
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 people of Israel and say to them, 'When you go into the land where you will live, which Yahweh will give to 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:
you are to prepare an offering by fire to Yahweh, either a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or a freewill offering, or an offering at your feasts, to produce a pleasing aroma for Yahweh from the herd or the flock.
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:
You must offer to Yahweh a burnt offering as well as a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of oil.
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.
You must also offer with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, one-fourth of a hin of wine for the drink offering for each lamb.
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:
If you are offering a ram, you must prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third 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.
For the drink offering, you must offer a third of a hin of wine. It will produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh.
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:
When you prepare a bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a fellowship offering to Yahweh,
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.
then you must offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil.
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.
You must offer as the drink offering half a hin of wine, as an offering made by fire, to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh.
11 This is to be done for every young ox and for every male sheep or he-lamb or young goat.
It must be done this way for each bull, for each ram, and for each of the male lambs or young goats.
12 Whatever number you make ready, so you are to do for every one.
Every sacrifice that you prepare and offer must be done as described here.
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.
All who are native-born Israelites must do these things in this way, when anyone brings an offering made by fire, to produce an aroma that is pleasing to Yahweh.
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.
If a foreigner is staying with you, or whoever may live among you throughout your people's generations, he must make an offering made by fire, to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. He must act as you act.
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 must be the same law for the community and for the foreigner who stays with you, a permanent law throughout your people's generations. As you are, so also must be the traveler staying with you. He must act as you act before Yahweh.
16 The law and the rule are to be the same for you and for those from other lands living with you.
The same law and decree must apply to you and to the foreigner who is staying with you.'”
17 And the Lord said to Moses,
Again Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
18 Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land where I am guiding you,
“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land where I will take 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.
when you eat the food produced in the land, you must offer an offering and present it to me.
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 first of your dough you must offer a loaf to raise it up as a raised offering from the threshing floor. You must raise it up in this way.
21 From generation to generation you are to give to the Lord a lifted offering from the first of your rough meal.
You must give to me a raised offering throughout your people's generations from the first of your dough.
22 And if in error you go against any of these laws which the Lord has given to Moses,
You will sometimes sin without intending to do so, when you do not obey all these commands that I have 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;
everything that I have commanded you through Moses from the day that I began to give you commands and onward throughout your people's generations.
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.
In the case of unintentional sin without the community's knowledge, then all the community must offer one young bull as a burnt offering to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh. Along with this must be made a grain offering and drink offering, as commanded by the decree, and one male goat as a sin offering.
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:
The priest must make atonement for all the community of the people of Israel. They will be forgiven because the sin was an error. They have brought their sacrifice, an offering made by fire to me. They have brought their sin offering before me 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.
Then all the community of the people of Israel will be forgiven, and also the foreigners who are staying with them, because all the people committed the sin unintentionally.
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.
If a person sins unintentionally, then he must offer a female goat a year old as a sin offering.
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.
The priest must make atonement before Yahweh for the person who sins unintentionally. That person will be forgiven when atonement has been made.
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.
You must have the same law for the one who does anything unintentionally, the same law for the one who is native born among the people of Israel and for the foreigners who are staying among them.
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.
But the person who does anything in defiance, whether he is native born or a foreigner, blasphemes me. That person must be cut off 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.
Because he has despised my word and has broken my commandment, that person must be cut off completely. His sin will be on him.'”
32 Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.
While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
33 And those who saw him getting sticks took him before Moses and Aaron and all the people.
Those who found him brought him to Moses, Aaron, and all the community.
34 And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.
They kept him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done 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.
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. All the community must stone 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.
So all the community brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
37 And the Lord said to Moses,
Again Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
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 descendants of Israel and command them to make for themselves tassels to hang from the borders of their garments, to hang them from each border by a blue cord. They must do this throughout their people's generations.
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:
It will be a special reminder to you, when you may look at it, of all my commandments, to carry them out so that you do not look to your own heart and your own eyes and prostitute yourselves to them.
40 And that you may keep in mind all my orders and do them and be holy to your God.
Do this so that you may call to mind and obey all my commandments, and so that you may be holy, reserved for me, your 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 Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to become your God. I am Yahweh your God.”
