Leviticus 24
1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive-oil, for the lighting, to cause the lamp to burn continually.
“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil beaten from olives to be used in the lamp, that the light may burn continually.
3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron put it in order [for] from evening unto morning before the Lord continually; as a statute for ever in your generations.
Outside the curtain before the covenant decrees in the tent of meeting, Aaron must continually, from evening to morning, keep the lamp lit before Yahweh. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations.
4 Upon the pure candlestick shall be put in order the lamps, before the Lord, continually.
The high priest must always keep the lamps lit before Yahweh, the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold.
5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake thereof twelve cakes: of two tenth parts shall each one cake be.
You must take fine flour and bake twelve loaves with it. There must be two-tenths of an ephah in each loaf.
6 And thou shalt place them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.
Then you must set them in two rows, six in a row, on the table of pure gold before Yahweh.
7 And thou shalt put upon each row pure frankincense, that it may be unto the bread for a memorial, as a fire-offering unto the Lord.
You must put pure incense along each row of loaves as a representative offering. This incense will be burnt for Yahweh.
8 On every and each sabbath day shall he place it in order before the Lord continually, [obtained] from the children of Israel as an everlasting covenant.
Every Sabbath day the high priest must regularly set out the bread before Yahweh on behalf of the people of Israel, as a sign of an everlasting covenant.
9 And it shall belong to Aaron and to his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy unto him, from the fire-offerings of the Lord, as a perpetual fixed portion.
This offering will be for Aaron and his sons, and they are to eat it in a place that is holy, for it is a portion from the offerings to Yahweh made by fire.”
10 And there went forth a son of an Israelitish woman, but who was the son of an Egyptian man, among the children of Israel; and there quarrelled together in the camp this son of the Israelitish woman and an Israelitish man.
Now it happened that the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went among the people of Israel. This son of the Israelite woman fought against an Israelite man in the camp.
11 And the son of the Israelitish woman pronounced the [holy] Name, and blasphemed; and they brought him unto Moses: [and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan; ]
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the name of Yahweh and cursed God, so the people brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan.
12 And they placed him in ward, until the decision of the Lord could be explained to them.
They held him in custody until Yahweh himself should declare his will to them.
13 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
14 Lead forth the blasphemer to without the camp; and all that have heard him shall lay their hands upon his head; and all the congregation shall stone him.
“Take the man who has cursed God outside the camp. All who heard him must lay their hands on his head, and then the entire assembly must stone him.
15 And unto the children of Israel shalt thou speak, saying, Whatsoever man that blasphemeth his God shall bear his sin.
You must explain to the people of Israel and say, 'Whoever curses his God must carry his own guilt.
16 But he that pronounced the name of the Lord [with blasphemy] shall be put to death, all the congregation shall stone him; be he a stranger, or be he one that is born in the land, when he pronounceth the [holy] Name [with blasphemy, ] he shall be put to death.
He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh must surely be put to death. All the assembly must certainly stone him, whether he is a foreigner or a native-born Israelite. If anyone blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he must be put to death.
17 And he that taketh the life of any man shall surely be put to death.
If anyone strikes down another human being, he must certainly be put to death.
18 And he that taketh the life of a beast shall make it good: beast for beast.
If anyone strikes down someone's animal, he must pay it back, life for life.
19 And if a man cause a bodily defect in his neighbor, as he hath done, so shall be done to him;
If anyone injures his neighbor, it must be done to him as he did to his neighbor:
20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: in the manner as he hath caused a bodily defect in a man, so shall it be done to him.
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has caused an injury to a person, so must it also be done to him.
21 And he that killeth a beast, shall make restitution for it; and he that killeth a man, shall be put to death.
Anyone who kills an animal must pay it back, and anyone who kills a person must be put to death.
22 One manner of judicial law shall ye have, the stranger shall be equal with one of your own country; for I am the Lord your God.
You must have the same law for both the foreigner and the native-born Israelite, for I am Yahweh your God.'”
23 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they led forth the blasphemer to without the camp, and they stoned him with stones; and the children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and the people brought the man outside the camp, the one who had cursed Yahweh. They stoned him with stones. The people of Israel carried out the command of Yahweh to Moses.
