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 say to them, When ye shall have come into the land of your habitations, 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 will make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a free-will-offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor to 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 offering to the LORD bring a meat-offering of a tenth part of flour mingled with the fourth [part] 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 the fourth [part] of a hin of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering or sacrifice, for one 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 meat-offering two tenth parts of flour mingled with the third [part] 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 for a drink-offering thou shalt offer the third [part] of a hin of wine, [for] a sweet savor to 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 vow, or peace-offerings 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 shall he bring with a bullock a meat-offering of three tenth parts of 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 thou shalt bring for a drink-offering half a hin of wine, [for] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to 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 one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.

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 born in the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor 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 a stranger shall sojourn with you, or whoever shall [be] among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to 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.

One ordinance [shall be both] for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth [with you], an ordinance 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 manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with 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 children of Israel, and say to 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 a heave-offering to 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.

Ye shall offer a cake of the first of your dough [for] a 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 to 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 have erred, and not observed all these commandments which the LORD hath spoken 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—

[Even] all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded [Moses], and henceforward 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 it shall be, if [aught] shall be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor to the LORD, with his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, according to the manner, 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 an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it [is] ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD, and their sin-offering before the LORD, for their 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 all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people [were] 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 soul shall sin through ignorance, then he shall 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 soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

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 sinneth through ignorance, [both for] him that is born 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] presumptuously, [whether he be] born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth 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 that gathered 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 to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.

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

And they put him in custody, because it was not 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 to 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 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 bid them that they make them fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribin 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 to 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 your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go 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.

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy to 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.