Numbers 15

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of your dwellings, which I give unto you,

“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 will make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or as a voluntary offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet odour to Jehovah, of the herd or of 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 shall he that presenteth his offering to Jehovah bring as oblation a tenth part of fine flour mingled 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 of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the fourth part of a hin with the burnt-offering, or with the sacrifice, for one lamb.

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

6 And for a ram thou shalt offer as oblation two tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil, a third part of a hin,

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 of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the third part of a hin; for a sweet odour to Jehovah.

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 thou offerest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or for a peace-offering to Jehovah,

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 shall they present with the bullock as oblation three tenth parts of fine flour mingled 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 of wine shalt thou present half a hin, for a drink-offering, as an offering by fire, of a sweet odour to Jehovah.

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

11 Thus shall it be done for one ox, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or for a kid;

So shall you do

12 according to the number that ye offer, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.

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

13 And all that are born in the land shall do these things thus, in presenting an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah.

Both natives and sojourners

14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whoever be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah, — as ye do, so shall he do.

shall offer sacrifices by the same rituals.

15 As to the congregation, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an everlasting statute throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be, before Jehovah.

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

16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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

18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,

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

19 then it shall be, when ye eat of the bread of the land, that ye shall offer a heave-offering to Jehovah;

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

20 the first of your dough shall ye offer, a cake, for a heave-offering; as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye offer this.

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

21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give to Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.

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

22 And if ye sin inadvertently, and do not all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

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

23 all that Jehovah hath commanded you through Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and henceforward throughout your generations;

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

24 then it shall be, if ought be committed by inadvertence [hid] from the eyes of the assembly, that the whole assembly shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet odour to Jehovah, and its oblation and its drink-offering according to the ordinance, and one buck of the goats 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 And the priest shall make atonement for the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it was a sin of inadvertence, and they have brought before Jehovah their offering, as an offering by fire to Jehovah, and their sin-offering for their [sin of] inadvertence;

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 it shall be forgiven the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for with all the people there was [a sin of] inadvertence.

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 soul sin through inadvertence, then he shall present a yearling she-goat 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 shall make atonement for the soul that hath done inadvertently, when he sinneth by inadvertence before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

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 For him that is born in the land among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them — there shall be one law for you, for him who doeth anything through inadvertence.

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

30 But the soul that doeth ought with a high hand, whether born in the land, or a stranger, he reproacheth Jehovah; and that soul 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 For he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment: that soul shall surely be cut off; his iniquity is upon 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 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man gathering 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 they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole assembly.

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

34 And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him.

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

35 And Jehovah said to Moses, The man shall certainly be put to death: the whole assembly shall stone him with stones 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 And the whole assembly led him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as Jehovah 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 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord also said to Moses:

38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them tassels on the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they attach to the tassel of the corners a lace of blue;

“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 and it shall be unto you for a tassel, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye seek not after [the lusts of] your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye go a whoring;

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 that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto 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 Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Jehovah your God.

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