< Leviticus 24 >

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 'Command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure olive oil, beaten, for the lamp, to cause a light to go up continually;
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and dearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually,
3 at the outside of the vail of the testimony in the tent of meeting doth Aaron arrange it from evening till morning before Jehovah continually — a statute age-during to your generations;
Without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall set them from evening until morning before the Lord, by a perpetual service and rite in your generations.
4 by the pure candlestick he doth arrange the lights before Jehovah continually.
They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.
5 'And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,
Thou shalt take also fine hour, and shalt bake twelve leaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf:
6 and thou hast set them two ranks (six in the rank) on the pure table before Jehovah,
And thou shalt set them six and six one against another upon the most clean table before the Lord:
7 and thou hast put on the rank pure frankincense, and it hath been to the bread for a memorial, a fire-offering to Jehovah.
And thou shalt put upon them the dearest frankincense, that the bread may be for a memorial of the oblation of the Lord.
8 'On each sabbath-day he arrangeth it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel — a covenant age-during;
Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord, being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant:
9 and it hath been to Aaron, and to his sons, and they have eaten it in the holy place, for it [is] most holy to him, from the fire-offerings of Jehovah — a statute age-during.'
And they shall be Aaron’s and his sons’, that they may eat them in the holy place: because it is most holy of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpetual right.
10 And a son of an Israelitish woman goeth out (and he [is] son of an Egyptian man), in the midst of the sons of Israel, and strive in the camp do the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel,
And behold there went out the son of a woman of Israel, whom she had of an Egyptian, among the children of Israel, and fell at words in the camp with a man of Israel.
11 and the son of the Israelitish woman execrateth the Name, and revileth; and they bring him in unto Moses; and his mother's name [is] Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan;
And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he was brought to Moses: (now his mother was called Salumith, the daughter of Dabri, of the tribe of Dan: )
12 and he causeth him to rest in charge — to explain to them by the mouth of Jehovah.
And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command.
13 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses,
14 'Bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp; and all those hearing have laid their hands on his head, and all the company have stoned him.
Saying: Bring forth the blasphemer without the camp, and let them that heard him, put their hands upon his head, and let all the people stone him.
15 'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God — then he hath borne his sin;
And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel: the man that curseth his God, shall bear his sin:
16 and he who is execrating the name of Jehovah is certainly put to death; all the company do certainly cast stones at him; as a sojourner so a native, in his execrating the Name, is put to death.
And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die: all the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die.
17 'And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.
He that striketh and killeth a man, dying let him die.
18 'And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.
He that killeth a beast, shall make it good, that is to say, shall give beast for beast.
19 'And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him;
He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:
20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer.
21 'And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth [the life of] man is put to death;
He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished.
22 one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I [am] Jehovah your God.'
Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God.
23 And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel, and they bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp, and stone him with stones; and the sons of Israel have done as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and they brought forth him that had blasphemed, without the camp, and they stoned him. And the children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

< Leviticus 24 >