Numbers 15

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

The Lord told Moses,

2 Speak to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them: When you shall be come into the land of your habitation, which I will give you,

“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 shall make an offering to the Lord, for a holocaust, or a victim, paying your vows, or voluntarily offering gifts, or in your solemnities burning a sweet savour unto the Lord, of oxen or of sheep:

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 Whosoever immolateth the victim, shall offer a sacrifice of fine flour, the tenth part of an ephi, tempered with the fourth part of a hin of 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 And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim. For every lamb,

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

6 And for every ram there shall be a sacrifice of hour of two tenths, which shall be tempered with the third part of a hin of 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 he shall offer the third part of the same measure of wine for the libation, for a sweet savour 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 But when thou offerest a holocaust or sacrifice of oxen, to fulfill thy vow or for victims of peace offerings,

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 Thou shalt give for every ox three tenths of flour tempered with half a hin of 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 And wine for libations of the same measure, for an offering of most sweet savour 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 Thus shalt thou do:

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

12 For every ox and ram and lamb and kid.

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

13 Both they that are born in the land, and the strangers,

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

14 Shall offer sacrifices after the same rite.

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 There shall be all one law and judgment both for you and for them who are strangers in the land.

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 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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

17 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them:

Then the Lord told Moses,

18 When you are come into the land which I will give you,

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

19 And shall eat of the bread of that country, you shall separate firstfruits to the Lord,

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

20 Of the things you eat. As you separate firstfruits of your barnfloors:

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 So also shall you give firstfruits of your dough to the Lord.

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

22 And if through ignorance you omit any of these things, which the Lord hath 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 And by him hath commanded you, from the day that he began to command and thenceforward,

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 the multitude have forgotten to do it: they shall offer a calf out of the herd, a holocaust for a most sweet savour to the Lord, and the sacrifice and libations thereof, as the ceremonies require, and a buck goat for sin:

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 And the priest shall pray for all the multitude of the children of Israel: and it shall be forgiven them, because they sinned ignorantly, offering notwithstanding a burnt offering to the Lord for themselves and for their sin and their ignorance:

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 And it shall be forgiven all the people of the children of Israel: and the strangers that sojourn among them: because it is the fault of all the people through ignorance.

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

27 But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, he shall offer a she goat of a year old for his sin.

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 pray for him, because he sinned ignorantly before the Lord: and he shall obtain his pardon, and it shall be forgiven him.

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 The same law shall be for all that sin by ignorance, whether they be natives or strangers.

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

30 But the soul that committeth any thing through pride, whether he be born in the land or a stranger (because he hath been rebellious against the Lord) 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 For he hath contemned the word the Lord, and made void his precept: therefore shall he be destroyed, and shall bear his iniquity.

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 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and had found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day,

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

33 That they brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole multitude.

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

34 And they put him into prison, not knowing what they should do with him.

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

35 And the Lord said to Moses: Let that man die, let all the multitude stone him without the camp.

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

36 And when they had brought him out, they stoned him, and he died as the Lord had commanded.

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

37 The Lord also said to Moses:

Sometime later the Lord told Moses,

38 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt tell them I to make to themselves fringes in the corners of their garments, putting in them ribands of blue:

“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 That when they shall see them, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and not follow their own thoughts and eyes going astray after divers things,

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 But rather being mindful of the precepts of the Lord, may do them and be holy to their 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, that I might be your God.

I am the Lord your God!”