Leviticus 24
24
Tabernacle Oil and Bread
1The Lord spoke to Moses: 2“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly.#Ex 25:37 3Aaron is to tend it continually from evening until morning before the Lord outside the curtain#Mk 15:38; Heb 6:19 of the testimony#Ex 31:18 in the tent of meeting. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations. 4He must continually tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand in the Lord’s presence.#Gn 4:14; Ex 25:31; 37:17; Zch 4:2
5“Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves;#Ex 25:30 each loaf is to be made with four quarts.#24:5 Lit two-tenths of an ephah 6Arrange them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table#Ex 25:23; Heb 9:2 before the Lord. 7Place pure frankincense#Ex 30:34 near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion#Lv 2:2 for the bread and a food offering#Dt 18:1 to the Lord. 8The bread is to be set out before the Lord every Sabbath day as a permanent covenant#Ex 19:5 obligation on the part of the Israelites. 9It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, for it is the holiest portion for him from the food offerings to the Lord; this is a permanent rule.”
A Case of Blasphemy
10Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father was#24:10 Lit went out among the Israelites. A fight broke out in the camp between the Israelite woman’s son and an Israelite man. 11Her son cursed and blasphemed the Name,#Ex 20:7; Lv 24:16; Nm 15:30; 1Sm 3:13; Neh 9:18 and they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, a daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.#Gn 49:16) 12They put him in custody#Gn 40:3–7; 41:10; 42:17 until the Lord’s decision#Nm 3:39; 15:32–36 could be made clear to them.
13Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 14“Bring the one who has cursed to the outside of the camp and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole community stone him.#Lv 20:2,27; 24:16,23; Nm 14:10; 15:35–36; Dt 21:21; Jos 7:25; 1Kg 12:18; Ezk 16:40; 23:47; Jn 10:33 15And tell the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin. 16Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death;#Ex 20:7; 22:28; 1Kg 21:10,13; Jn 8:59; 19:7; 2Tm 2:19 the whole community is to stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the resident alien or the native.
17“If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.#Gn 9:5–6; Ex 20:13; 21:12–14; Nm 35:30–31 18Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, life for life. 19If any man inflicts a permanent injury on his neighbor, whatever he has done is to be done to him: 20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Whatever injury he inflicted on the person, the same is to be inflicted on him.#Ex 21:24; Dt 19:21; Mt 5:38–39; 7:12 21Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, but whoever kills a person is to be put to death.#Nm 35:30–33 22You are to have the same law for the resident alien and the native, because I am the Lord your God.”
23After Moses spoke to the Israelites, they brought the one who had cursed to the outside of the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Leviticus 24
24
The Lampstand and the Holy Bread
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from crushed olives. That oil is for the lamps. These lamps must never go out. 3Aaron will keep the lamps burning in the Meeting Tent. They will burn from evening until morning before the Lord. This will be in front of the curtain of the Ark of the Covenant. This law will continue from now on. 4Aaron must always keep the lamps burning. They are on the lampstands of pure gold before the Lord.
5“Take fine flour and bake 12 loaves of bread with it. Use four quarts of flour for each loaf. 6Put them in two rows on the golden table before the Lord. Six loaves will be in each row. 7Put pure incense on each row. This is the memorial portion to take the place of the bread. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord. 8Every Sabbath day Aaron will put the bread in order before the Lord. This agreement with the people of Israel will continue forever. 9That bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat it in a holy place. This is because it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the Lord. That bread is their share forever.”
The Man Who Cursed God
10Now there was a son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian father. The son was walking among the Israelites. And a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. 11The son of the Israelite woman began cursing and speaking against the Lord. So the people took him to Moses. (The mother’s name was Shelomith. She was the daughter of Debri from the family of Dan.) 12The people held him as a prisoner. They waited for the Lord’s command to be made clear to them.
13Then the Lord said to Moses, 14“Take the one who spoke against me outside the camp. Then bring together all the people who heard him. They must put their hands on his head.# This shows that all these people were sharing in punishing the one who spoke against God. Then all the people must throw stones at him and kill him. 15Tell the people of Israel this: ‘If anyone curses his God, he is guilty of sin. 16Anyone who speaks against the Lord must be put to death. All the people must kill him by throwing stones at him. Foreigners must be punished just like the person born in Israel. If someone speaks against the Lord, he must be put to death.
17“‘If someone kills another person, he must be put to death. 18Someone might kill an animal that belongs to another person. If he does, he must give that person another animal to take its place. 19And someone might cause an injury to his neighbor. If he does, the same kind of injury must be given back to him. 20A broken bone must be paid for a broken bone, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. In the same way someone injures another person, he must be injured in return. 21So anyone who kills another person’s animal must give that person another animal to take its place. But the person who kills another person must be put to death.
22“‘The law will be the same for the foreigner as for those from your own country. I am the Lord your God.’”
23Then Moses spoke to the people of Israel. And they took the person who had cursed outside the camp. Then they killed him with stones. So the people of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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