Numbers 15
1 The Lord told Moses,
And the Lord spoke unto 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 unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye shall have come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto 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 ye will prepare a fire-offering unto the Lord, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, in performing a pronounced vow, or as a freewill-offering, or on your solemn feasts, to prepare a sweet savor unto the Lord, of the herds of the flocks:
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 shall he that bringeth his offering unto the Lord, bring as a meat-offering a tenth part of fine flour mingled with the fourth of a hin of oil.
5 Add a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering to the burn offering or the sacrifice of a lamb.
And wine for a drink-offering, the fourth of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering or sacrifice, for each one sheep.
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,
But for a ram, shalt thou prepare as a meat-offering two tenth parts of fine flour mingled with the third of a hin of oil.
7 along with a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering, all of them to be acceptable to the Lord.
And wine for the drink-offering, the third of a hin, shalt thou bring, for a sweet savor unto the Lord.
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 when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, in performing a pronounced vow, or a peace-offering unto 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 shall he bring with the bullock as a meat-offering, three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil.
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 shalt thou bring for a drink-offering, half a hin, as a fire-offering of a sweet savor unto the Lord.
11 This is to be done for every bull, ram, lamb, or goat brought as an offering.
Thus shall it be done for each one bullock, or for each one ram, or for a lamb, be it of the sheep or of the goats.
12 This is what you need to do for each one, however many.
According to the number that ye may prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
13 Every Israelite is to follow these instructions when they present an offering that is accepted by the Lord.
All that are born in the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering a fire-offering of a sweet savor unto 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 a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you in your generations, and will make an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord: as ye do, so shall he do.
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.
Congregation! one statute shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth: a statute for ever in your generations; as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.
16 The same rules and regulations apply to you and the foreigner living among you.’”
One law and one code shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
17 Then the Lord told Moses,
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
18 “Tell the Israelites, ‘When you get to the country where I'm leading you
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you:
19 and you eat the food produced there, you shall give some of it as an offering to the Lord.
Then shall it be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall set aside a heave-offering unto the Lord.
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.
As the first of your doughs shall ye set aside a cake for a heave-offering; like the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set this aside.
21 For all future generations, you are to give the Lord an offering from the first of your flour.
Of the first of your doughs shall ye give unto the Lord a heave-offering, in your generations.
22 Now if you collectively sin without meaning to and don't follow all these instructions that the Lord has given Moses—
And if ye err, and do not observe all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto 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—
All that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded [the same] and thenceforward, among 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 shall it be, if, through inadvertence of the congregation, it was committed by ignorance, that all the congregation shall prepare one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto the Lord, with his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, according to the prescribed manner, and one he-goat 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 an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven unto them; for it is [a sin of] ignorance; and they have brought their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin-offering before the Lord, for their [sin of] ignorance:
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 unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them; for by all the people [was it done] in ignorance.
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 any person sin through ignorance, then shall he bring a she-goat of the first year 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 an atonement for the person that hath erred, in his sinning through ignorance before the Lord; to make an atonement for him, that it may be forgiven unto him.
29 You shall apply the same law for the one who mistakenly sins to an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.
For the native born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them: —one law shall be for you, for him that acteth through ignorance.
30 But the person who sins in defiance, whether an Israelite or foreigner, is blaspheming the Lord. They shall be expelled from their people.
But the person that doth aught with a high hand, be he one born in the land, or a stranger, the same dishonoreth the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from among 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.’”
Because the word of the Lord hath he despised, and his commandment hath he broken; that person shall be cut off, his iniquity is upon him.
32 During the time the Israelites were wandering in the desert, a man was caught collecting firewood on the Sabbath.
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath-day.
33 The people who found him collecting wood brought him before Moses, Aaron, and the rest of the Israelites.
And they that found him gathering sticks brought him for judgment unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34 They placed him under guard because it wasn't clear what should happen to him.
And they put him in ward; because it had not been declared what should be done 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 said unto Moses, The man shall be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
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 to without the camp, and they stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
37 Sometime later the Lord told Moses,
And the Lord said unto Moses, as followeth,
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 unto the children of Israel, and say to them, that they shall make themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put upon the fringe of the corner a thread 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 unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after [the inclination of] your own heart and [the delight of] your eyes, in pursuit of which ye have been led astray.
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.
In order that ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41 I am the Lord your God!”
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
