Leviticus 24
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The Lamps
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Ex. 27:20, 21 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly. 3Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before the Lord regularly. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. 4He shall arrange the lamps on the #Ex. 31:8; 39:37lampstand of pure gold#24:4 Hebrew the pure lampstand before the Lord regularly.
Bread for the Tabernacle
5“You shall take fine flour and bake twelve #Ex. 25:30loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah#24:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters shall be in each loaf. 6And you shall set them in two piles, six in a pile, #Ex. 25:23, 24; 1 Kgs. 7:48; 2 Chr. 4:19; 13:11; Heb. 9:2on the table of pure gold#24:6 Hebrew the pure table before the Lord. 7And you shall put pure frankincense on each pile, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion as a food offering to the Lord. 8#1 Chr. 9:32; [Num. 4:7; 2 Chr. 2:4]Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever. 9And #1 Sam. 21:6; Matt. 12:4; Mark 2:26; Luke 6:4 it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and #[ch. 6:16; 8:31; 21:22; Ex. 29:33]they shall eat it in a holy place, since it is for him a most holy portion out of the Lord’s food offerings, a perpetual due.”
Punishment for Blasphemy
10Now an Israelite woman’s son, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the people of Israel. And the Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel fought in the camp, 11and the Israelite woman’s son #See ver. 16 blasphemed the #[Ex. 3:14, 15; Phil. 2:9] Name, and cursed. Then they #Ex. 18:22, 26brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12And #[Num. 15:34] they put him in custody, #[Ex. 18:15, 16; Num. 27:5; 36:5, 6]till the will of the Lord should be clear to them.
13Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 14#[ver. 23] “Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him #[Deut. 13:9; 17:7]lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall #ch. 5:1; 20:17, 20; 22:9; Num. 9:13; [Ex. 20:7]bear his sin. 16Whoever #ver. 11; 1 Kgs. 21:10, 13; Matt. 26:65, 66; Mark 14:63, 64; John 10:33blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
An Eye for an Eye
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Gen. 9:5, 6; Ex. 21:12; Num. 35:31; Deut. 19:11, 12 “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. 18#Ex. 21:33, 34Whoever takes an animal’s life shall make it good, life for life. 19If anyone injures his neighbor, #Ex. 21:23-25; Deut. 19:21; Matt. 5:38; 7:2as he has done it shall be done to him, 20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. 21#[See ver. 18 above] Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, #[See ver. 17 above]and whoever kills a person shall be put to death. 22You shall have the #ch. 19:34; Ex. 12:49; Num. 15:16same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the Lord your God.” 23So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and #[ver. 14]they brought out of the camp the one who had cursed and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Leviticus 24
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Pure Oil and Holy Bread
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. 3This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant.#24:3 Hebrew in the Tent of Meeting, outside the inner curtain of the Testimony; see note on 16:13. Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation. 4Aaron and the priests must tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand continually in the Lord’s presence.
5“You must bake twelve flat loaves of bread from choice flour, using four quarts#24:5 Hebrew 2/10 of an ephah [4.4 liters]. of flour for each loaf. 6Place the bread before the Lord on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two stacks, with six loaves in each stack. 7Put some pure frankincense near each stack to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the Lord. 8Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the Lord as a gift from the Israelites; it is an ongoing expression of the eternal covenant. 9The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the Lord.”
An Example of Just Punishment
10One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out of his tent and got into a fight with one of the Israelite men. 11During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of the Lord#24:11 Hebrew the Name; also in 24:16b. with a curse. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan. 12They kept the man in custody until the Lord’s will in the matter should become clear to them.
13Then the Lord said to Moses, 14“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard the curse to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death. 15Say to the people of Israel: Those who curse their God will be punished for their sin. 16Anyone who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be stoned to death by the whole community of Israel. Any native-born Israelite or foreigner among you who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be put to death.
17“Anyone who takes another person’s life must be put to death.
18“Anyone who kills another person’s animal must pay for it in full—a live animal for the animal that was killed.
19“Anyone who injures another person must be dealt with according to the injury inflicted— 20a fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever anyone does to injure another person must be paid back in kind.
21“Whoever kills an animal must pay for it in full, but whoever kills another person must be put to death.
22“This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.”
23After Moses gave all these instructions to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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