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
The Sanctuary’s Lamp and Bread
1Then#Or “And” Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Command the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” that#Or “and” they should bring pure olive oil from beaten olives for the light to present#Literally “to cause raising up”; or “set up” (HALOT 830 s.v. 4.d) a lamp continually. 3Aaron shall arrange for it outside#Literally “from the outside of to” the curtain of the testimony in the tent of assembly from evening until morning before#Literally “to the faces of” Yahweh continually; it shall be a lasting statute#Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration” throughout your generations. 4On the pure golden#Supplied by context and the description of the lampstand in Exod 25:31 lampstand he shall arrange for the lamps before#Literally “to the faces of” Yahweh continually.
5“And you shall take finely milled flour, and you shall bake with it twelve ring-shaped bread cakes: each one shall be two-tenths of an ephah. 6And you shall place them in two rows, six to the row, on the pure gold#Supplied by context and the description of the table in Exod 25:24 table before#Literally “to the faces of” Yahweh. 7And you shall put pure frankincense on each#Hebrew “the” row so that#Or “and” it shall be for the bread as a memorial offering, an offering made by fire for Yahweh. 8On every Sabbath#Literally “On the day of the Sabbath on the day of the Sabbath” he shall arrange it in rows before#Literally “to the faces of” Yahweh continually; they are from the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” as an everlasting#Or “eternal” or “enduring” or “perpetual” covenant. 9And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, because it is a most holy thing#Literally “a holy thing of holy things” for him from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire—a lasting rule.”#Literally “rule of eternity” or “rule of long duration”
Punishment for Blasphemy
10And an Israelite woman’s son, and he was an Egyptian man’s son, went out in the midst of the Israelites;#Literally “sons/children of Israel” and the Israelite woman’s son and an#Hebrew “the” Israelite man fought in the camp. 11Then#Or “And” the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name, and he cursed, so#Or “and” they brought him to Moses—and the name of his mother was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12Then#Or “And” they put him in custody so that#Literally “to” the matter might be made clear to them in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh.
13Then#Or “And” Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 14“Bring the curser outside the camp,#Literally “to from an outside place of the camp” and all the hearers shall place their hands on his head, and the whole community shall stone him. 15And you shall speak to the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” saying, ‘Any man#Literally “A man a man” when he curses his God shall bear#Or “and he shall bear” his sin. 16And he who blasphemes Yahweh’s name certainly shall be put to death; the whole community certainly shall stone him. As the alien, so the native shall be put to death at blaspheming his name.
17“ ‘And when a man kills any human being, he certainly shall be put to death. 18And he who kills#Literally “he who kills the soul of” or “he who kills the life of” a domestic animal must repay for it life in place of life. 19And when a man causes#Literally “gives” a physical defect in his fellow citizen according to#Literally “as that” what he has done, so it shall be done to him: 20fracture in place of fracture, eye in place of eye, tooth in place of tooth—according to#Literally “as that” the physical defect he causes#Literally “gives” to the person, likewise it shall be caused#Literally “given” to him. 21And a killer of a domestic animal must repay for it, and a killer of a human shall be put to death. 22You must have#Literally “it shall be for you” one norm; as for the alien, so#Hebrew “as” it must be for the native, because I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
23Thus#Or “And” Moses spoke to the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” and they brought the curser outside the camp,#Literally “to from an outside place of the camp” and they stoned him with stones, and the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” did just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
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