Numbers 15

1 The Lord told Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “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.

Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you are come into the land of your habitation, which I give to you,

3 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,

and you will offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, a whole burnt offering or a meat-offering to perform a vow, or a free-will offering, or to offer in your feasts a sacrifice of sweet savour to the Lord, whether of the herd or the flock:

4 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.

then he that offers his gift to the Lord shall bring a meat-offering of fine flour, a tenth part of an ephah mingled with oil, even with the fourth part of a hin.

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

And for a drink-offering you shall offer the fourth part of a hin on the whole burnt offering, or on the meat-offering: for every lamb you shall offer so much, as a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.

6 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,

And for a ram, when you offer it as a whole burnt offering or as a sacrifice, you shall prepare as a meat-offering two tenths of fine flour mingled with oil, the third part of a hin.

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

And you shall offer for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord wine for a drink-offering, the third part of a hin.

8 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,

And if you sacrifice [a bullock] from the herd for a whole burnt offering or for a sacrifice, to perform a vow or a peace-offering to the Lord,

9 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.

then [the worshipper] shall offer upon the calf a meat-offering, three tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, [even] the half of a hin.

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

And wine for a drink-offering the half of a hin, a sacrifice for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.

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

Thus shall you do to one calf or to one ram, or to one lamb of the sheep or kid of the goats.

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

According to the number of what you shall offer, so shall you do to each one, according to their number.

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

Every native of the country shall do thus to offer such things as sacrifices for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.

14 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.

And if there should be a stranger amongst you in your land, or one who should be born to you amongst your generations, and he will offer a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord—as you do, so the [whole] congregation shall offer to the Lord.

15 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.

There shall be one law for you and for the strangers dwelling amongst you, a perpetual law for your generations: as you [are], so shall the stranger be before the Lord.

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

There shall be one law and one ordinance for you, and for the stranger that abides amongst you.

17 Then the Lord told Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you are entering into the land, into which I bring you,

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

then it shall come to pass, when you shall eat of the bread of the land, you shall separate a wave-offering, a special offering to the Lord, the first fruits of your dough.

20 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.

You shall offer your bread a heave-offering: as a heave-offering from the threshing floor, so shall you separate it,

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

even the first fruits of your dough, and you shall give the Lord a heave-offering throughout your generations.

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

But whenever you shall transgress, and not perform all these commands, which the Lord spoke to Moses;

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

as the Lord appointed you by the hand of Moses, from the day which the Lord appointed you and forward throughout your generations,

24 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.

then it shall come to pass, if a trespass be committed unwillingly, unknown to the congregation, then shall all the congregation offer a calf of the herd without blemish for a whole burnt offering of sweet savour to the Lord, and its meat-offering and its drink-offering according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering.

25 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.

And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and [the trespass] shall be forgiven them, because it is involuntary; and they have brought their gift, a burnt offering to the Lord for their trespass before the Lord, even for their involuntary sins.

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

And it shall be forgiven as respects all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that is dwelling amongst you, because [it is] involuntary to all the people.

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

And if one soul sin unwillingly, he shall bring one she-goat of a year old for a sin-offering.

28 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.

And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that committed the trespass unwillingly, and that sinned unwillingly before the Lord, to make atonement for him.

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

There shall be one law for the native amongst the children of Israel, and for the stranger that abides amongst them, whoever shall commit a trespass unwillingly.

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

And whatever soul either of the natives or of the strangers shall do any thing with a presumptuous hand, he will provoke God; that soul shall be cut off from his people,

31 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.’”

for he has set at nothing the word of the Lord and broken his commands: that soul shall be utterly destroyed, his sin [is] upon him.

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

And the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath-day.

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

And they who found him gathering sticks on the sabbath-day brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel.

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

And they placed him in custody, for they did not determine what they should do to him.

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

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Let the man be by all means put to death: [do you] all the congregation, stone him with stones.

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

And all the congregation brought him forth out of the camp; and all the congregation stoned him with stones outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.

37 Sometime later the Lord told Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall tell them; and let them make for themselves fringes upon the borders of their garments throughout their generations: and you shall put upon the fringes of the borders a lace of blue.

39 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.

And it shall be on your fringes, and you shall look on them, and you shall remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them: and you shall not turn back after your imaginations, and after [the sight of your] eyes in the things after which you go a whoring;

40 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.

that you may remember and perform all my commands, and you shall be holy to your God.

41 I am the Lord your God!”

I [am] the Lord your God that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I [am] the Lord your God.