Leviticus 24
24
Duties in the Tent of Meeting
(Exodus 27:20–21)
1The Lord spoke to Moses, 2“Command the Israelites to bring you pure, virgin olive oil for the lamp stand so that the lamps won’t go out. 3In the tent of meeting, outside the canopy where the words of my promise are, Aaron must keep the lamps lit in the Lord’s presence from evening until morning. It is a permanent law for generations to come. 4Aaron must keep the lamps on the pure gold lamp stand lit in the Lord’s presence.
5“Also take flour and bake twelve rings of bread. Each ring will contain four quarts of flour. 6Put them in two stacks of six each on the gold table in the Lord’s presence. 7Lay pure incense on top of each stack. The incense on the bread will be a reminder, an offering by fire to the Lord. 8Every day of rest is a holy day when the ⌞priest⌟ must arrange the bread in the Lord’s presence. It is a continual reminder of my promise #24:8 Or “covenant.” to the Israelites. 9The bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat it in a holy place. It is very holy, set apart from the Lord’s offering by fire. This is a permanent law.”
The Man Who Cursed the LORD’s Name
10A man, whose mother was Shelomith (daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan in Israel) and whose father was from Egypt, got into a quarrel with an Israelite in the camp. 11The Israelite woman’s son began cursing the Lord’s name and treating it with contempt. So they brought him to Moses.#24:11 Part of verse 11 (in Hebrew) has been placed in verse 10 to express the complex Hebrew paragraph structure more clearly in English. 12They kept him in custody until the Lord told them what to do.
13The Lord spoke to Moses, 14“The man who cursed ⌞my name⌟ must be taken outside the camp. All who heard him curse ⌞my name⌟ must lay their hands on his head. Then the whole congregation must stone him to death.
15“Also tell the Israelites: Those who treat their God with contempt will be punished for their sin. 16But those who curse the Lord’s name must be put to death. The whole congregation must stone them to death. It makes no difference whether they are Israelites or foreigners. Whoever curses the Lord’s name must die.
17“Whoever kills another person must be put to death. 18Whoever kills an animal must replace it, life for life. 19Whoever injures a neighbor must receive the same injury in return— 20a broken bone for a broken bone, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whoever injures another person must receive the same injury in return. 21Whoever kills an animal must replace it. Whoever kills a person must be put to death. 22The same rule applies to every one of you. It makes no difference whether you are a foreigner or an Israelite, because I am the Lord your God.”
23Moses spoke to the people of Israel. So the man who had cursed the Lord’s name was taken outside the camp. There they stoned him to death as the Lord commanded Moses. The Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Leviticus 24
24
1The Lord told Moses, 2“Order the Israelites to bring you pure, pressed olive oil for the lamps, so they will always stay lit. 3From evening until morning Aaron is to constantly look after the lamps 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. 4He is to constantly look after the lamps placed on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord.
5Using the best flour bake twelve loaves, with two-tenths of an ephah of flour per loaf. 6Place them in two piles, six in each pile, on the table made of pure gold that stands before the Lord. 7Place pure frankincense beside each pile to go with the bread to act as the ‘reminder part,’#24:7. See 2:2. a food offering to the Lord. 8Every Sabbath day the bread shall be placed before the Lord, given by the Israelites as an ongoing sign of the eternal agreement. 9It 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.”
10One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went into the Israelite camp and had a fight with an Israelite. 11The 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.) 12They detained him until it was clear what the Lord wanted them to do about it.
13The Lord told Moses, 14“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. 15Tell the Israelites that anyone who curses their God will be punished for their sin. 16Anyone who curses the name of the Lord must 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.
17Anyone who kills someone else must be executed. 18Anyone who kills an animal has to replace it—a life for a life. 19If anyone injures someone else, whatever they've done must be done to them: 20a 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. 21Anyone who kills an animal has to replace it, but anyone who kills someone else must be executed. 22The same laws apply to foreigners who live with you as to Israelites, for I am the Lord your God.”
23Moses 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.
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