Leviticus 24
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
The Lord told Moses,
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;
“Order the Israelites to bring you pure, pressed olive oil for the lamps, so they will always stay lit.
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;
From evening until morning Aaron is to constantly look after the lamps continually before the Lord, outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting. This regulation is for all time and for all future generations.
4 by the pure candlestick he doth arrange the lights before Jehovah continually.
He is to constantly look after the lamps placed on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord.
5 'And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,
Using the best flour bake twelve loaves, with two-tenths of an ephah of flour per loaf.
6 and thou hast set them two ranks (six in the rank) on the pure table before Jehovah,
Place them in two piles, six in each pile, on the table made of pure gold that stands 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.
Place pure frankincense beside each pile to go with the bread to act as the ‘reminder part,’ a food offering to the Lord.
8 'On each sabbath-day he arrangeth it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel — a covenant age-during;
Every Sabbath day the bread shall be placed before the Lord, given by the Israelites as an ongoing sign of the eternal agreement.
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.'
It is for Aaron and his descendants. They are to eat it in a holy place; for they must treat it as a most holy part of the food offerings given to the Lord. It is their share of the food offerings for all time.”
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,
One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went into the Israelite camp and had a fight with an Israelite.
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;
The Israelite woman's son cursed the name of the Lord. So they took him before Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan.)
12 and he causeth him to rest in charge — to explain to them by the mouth of Jehovah.
They detained him until it was clear what the Lord wanted them to do about it.
13 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
The Lord told 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.
“Take the man who cursed me outside the camp. Have all who heard him curse put their hands on his head; then have everyone stone him to death.
15 'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God — then he hath borne his sin;
Tell the Israelites that anyone who curses their God will be punished for their 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.
Anyone who curses the name of the Lord must to be executed. All of you must stone them to death, whether they are a foreigner who lives with you or an Israelite. If they curse my name, they must be executed.
17 'And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.
Anyone who kills someone else must be executed.
18 'And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.
Anyone who kills an animal has to replace it—a life for a life.
19 'And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him;
If anyone injures someone else, whatever they've done must be done to them:
20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.
a broken bone for a broken bone, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever way they injured the victim, the same must be done to them.
21 'And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth [the life of] man is put to death;
Anyone who kills an animal has to replace it, but anyone who kills someone else must be executed.
22 one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I [am] Jehovah your God.'
The same laws apply to foreigners who live with you as to Israelites, for 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.
Moses told this to the Israelites, and they took the man who cursed the Lord outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did what the Lord ordered Moses to do.
