Numbers 15

1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have entered into the land of your habitation, which I will give you,

3 and will make an offering by fire to the LORD—a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free will offering, or in your set feasts, to make a pleasant aroma to the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock—

and you make an offering to the Lord, as a holocaust or as a victim, paying your vows, or as a voluntary offering of gifts, or in your solemnities, burning a sweet odor to the Lord, whether from the oxen or from the sheep:

4 then he who offers his offering shall offer to the LORD a meal offering of one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one fourth of a hin of oil.

whoever immolates the victim shall offer a sacrifice of fine wheat flour, the tenth part of an ephah, sprinkled with oil, which shall have the measure of the fourth part of a hin,

5 You shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

and he shall give the same measure of wine, poured out as libations, whether as a holocaust or as a victim.

6 “‘For a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil;

With each lamb and each ram, there shall be a sacrifice of fine wheat flour, of two tenths, which shall be sprinkled with one third part of a hin of oil.

7 and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.

And he shall offer the same measure, one third part of wine, for the libation, as a sweet odor to the Lord.

8 When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings to the LORD,

Yet truly, when you will offer, from the oxen, a holocaust or a victim, in order to fulfill your vow or for peace-offering victims,

9 then he shall offer with the bull a meal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil;

you shall give, for each ox, three tenths of fine wheat flour, sprinkled with oil, which has the measure of one half of one hin,

10 and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.

and the wine, poured out as libations, shall be of the same measure, as an oblation of most sweet odor to the Lord.

11 Thus it shall be done for each bull, for each ram, for each of the male lambs, or of the young goats.

So shall you do

12 According to the number that you shall prepare, so you shall do to everyone according to their number.

for each ox, and ram, and lamb, and young goat.

13 “‘All who are native-born shall do these things in this way, in offering an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.

Both natives and sojourners

14 If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or whoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD, as you do, so he shall do.

shall offer sacrifices by the same rituals.

15 For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner, a statute forever throughout your generations. As you are, so the foreigner shall be before the LORD.

There shall be one precept and one judgment, as much for yourselves as for newcomers to the land.”

16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.’”

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them:

18 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land where I bring you,

When you will arrive in the land which I will give to you,

19 then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a wave offering to the LORD.

and when you will eat from the bread of that region, you shall separate the first-fruits to the Lord

20 Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a wave offering. As the wave offering of the threshing floor, so you shall heave it.

from the foods that you eat. Just as you separate the first-fruits of your threshing floors,

21 Of the first of your dough, you shall give to the LORD a wave offering throughout your generations.

so also shall you give the first-fruits of your cooked grains to the Lord.

22 “‘When you err, and don’t observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses—

And if, through ignorance, you neglect any of these things, which the Lord has spoken to Moses,

23 even all that the LORD has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment and onward throughout your generations—

and which he has commanded through him for you, from the day that he began to command and thereafter,

24 then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma to the LORD, with its meal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.

and if the multitude will have forgotten to do it, then they shall offer a calf from the herd, a holocaust as a most sweet odor to the Lord, and its sacrifice and libations, just as the ceremonies ask, and a he-goat for sin.

25 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 offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their error.

And the priest shall pray for the entire multitude of the sons of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, because they did not sin willfully. Nevertheless, they shall offer incense to the Lord for themselves, and for sin, as well as for their error.

26 All the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, as well as the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them; for with regard to all the people, it was done unwittingly.

And it shall be forgiven all the people of the sons of Israel, as well as the newcomers who sojourn among them, for it is the culpability of all the people through neglect.

27 “‘If a person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.

But if one soul will have sinned by not knowing, he shall offer a one-year-old she-goat for his sin.

28 The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs when he sins unwittingly before the LORD. He shall make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.

And the priest shall pray for him, because he sinned unknowingly before the Lord. And he shall obtain pardon for him, and it will be forgiven him.

29 You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.

One law shall be for all who sin by ignorance, as much for natives as for newcomers.

30 “‘But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Yet truly, the soul who commits any of these acts through arrogance, whether he is a citizen or a sojourner, because he has rebelled against the Lord, shall perish from among his people.

31 Because he has despised the LORD’s word, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall be utterly cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.’”

For he has despised the word of the Lord, and he has nullified his precept. For this reason, he shall be destroyed, and he shall bear his iniquity.”

32 While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.

And it happened that, when the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, and they had found a man collecting wood on the day of the Sabbath,

33 Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.

they brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole multitude.

34 They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.

And they enclosed him in a prison, not knowing what they should do with him.

35 The LORD said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.”

And the Lord said to Moses, “Let that man be put to death; let the entire crowd crush him with stones, outside the camp.”

36 All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And when they had led him out, they overwhelmed him with stones, and he died, just as the Lord had instructed.

37 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord also said to Moses:

38 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall tell them to make for themselves hems at the corners of their cloaks, placing in them ribbons of hyacinth,

39 It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may see it, and remember all the LORD’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the prostitute;

so that, when they see these, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and they may not follow their own thoughts and eyes, fornicating in various ways,

40 so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.

but instead, they, being more mindful of the precepts of the Lord, may do them and may be holy to their God.

41 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.”

I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, so that I may be your God.”