Numbers 15
1 The Lord told Moses,
And the LORD spake 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 be 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 will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of 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 shall he that offereth his oblation offer unto the LORD a meal offering of a tenth part [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of an 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 the drink offering, the fourth part of an hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
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,
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal offering two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with the third part of an 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 for the drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, of a sweet savour 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, to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings 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 offer with the bullock a meal offering of three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with half an 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 thou shalt offer for the drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour 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 bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids.
12 This is what you need to do for each one, however many.
According to the number that ye shall 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 homeborn shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour 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 be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall 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.
For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth [with you], a statute for ever throughout 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 ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
17 Then the Lord told Moses,
And the LORD spake 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 it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an 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.
Of the first of your dough ye shall offer up a cake for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it.
21 For all future generations, you are to give the Lord an offering from the first of your flour.
Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an 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—
And when ye shall err, and 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—
even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment, and onward 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 be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof, according to the ordinance, 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 atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their error:
26 Then the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because the people sinned unintentionally.
and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
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 person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer 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 atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, before the LORD, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
29 You shall apply the same law for the one who mistakenly sins to an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.
Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is homeborn among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
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 soul that doeth aught with an high hand, whether he be homeborn or a stranger, the same blasphemeth the LORD; and that soul 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 he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment; that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be 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 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 surely 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 without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
37 Sometime later the Lord told Moses,
And the LORD spake unto 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 unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord 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 go not about after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to 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 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, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
