1 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 “ Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

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

3 O utside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

Outside 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.

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

He shall keep the lamps in order upon the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord continually.

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

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

6 Y ou shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord.

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

7 Y ou shall put pure frankincense on each row that it may be a memorial portion for the bread, even an offering by fire to the Lord.

You 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.

8 E very sabbath day he shall set it in order before the Lord continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel.

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

9 I t shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the Lord’s offerings by fire, his portion forever.”

And 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.

10 N ow the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the sons of Israel; and the Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel struggled with each other in the camp.

Now 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.

11 T he son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

The 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.

12 T hey put him in custody so that the command of the Lord might be made clear to them.

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

13 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

14 “ Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him.

Bring 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.

15 Y ou shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘ If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.

And you shall say to the Israelites, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

16 M oreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. “An Eye for an Eye”

And 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.

17 ‘ If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death.

And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

18 T he one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life.

And he who kills a beast shall make it good, beast for beast.

19 I f a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him:

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

20 f racture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him.

Fracture 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.

21 T hus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but the one who kills a man shall be put to death.

He who kills a beast shall replace it; he who kills a man shall be put to death.

22 T here shall be one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the Lord your God.’”

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

23 T hen Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Moses 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.