1 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 C ommand the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil from beaten olives for the light to cause a lamp to burn continually.

“Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

3 O utside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh continually: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

4 H e shall keep the lamps in order upon the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord continually.

He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold lamp stand before Yahweh continually.

5 A nd you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.

“You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenths of an ephah shall be in one cake.

6 A nd you shall set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the table of pure gold before the Lord.

You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh.

7 Y ou shall put pure frankincense beside each row, that it may be with the bread as a memorial portion, an offering to be made by fire to the Lord.

You shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

8 E very Sabbath day Aaron shall set the showbread in order before the Lord continually; it is on behalf of the Israelites, an everlasting covenant.

Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually. It is on the behalf of the children of Israel an everlasting covenant.

9 A nd the bread shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a sacred place, for it is for a most holy portion of the offerings to the Lord made by fire, a perpetual due.

It shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute.”

10 N ow the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the Israelites, and he and a man of Israel quarreled and strove together in the camp.

The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp.

11 T he Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name and cursed. They brought him to Moses—his mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

12 A nd they put him in custody until the will of the Lord might be declared to them.

They put him in custody, until Yahweh’s will should be declared to them.

13 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

14 B ring him who has cursed out of the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head; then let all the congregation stone him.

“Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

15 A nd you shall say to the Israelites, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

16 A nd he who blasphemes the Name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him; the stranger as well as he who was born in the land shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name.

He who blasphemes Yahweh’s name, he shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him. The foreigner as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

17 A nd he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

18 A nd he who kills a beast shall make it good, beast for beast.

He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.

19 A nd if a man causes a blemish or disfigurement on his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:

If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

20 F racture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused a blemish or disfigurement on a man, so shall it be done to him.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.

21 H e who kills a beast shall replace it; he who kills a man shall be put to death.

He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

22 Y ou shall have the same law for the sojourner among you as for one of your own nationality, for I am the Lord your God.

You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am Yahweh your God.’”

23 M oses spoke to the Israelites, and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought out him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.