1 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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 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 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 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 on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually.

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

5 “ Then 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 Y ou shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table 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 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 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 he shall set it in order before the Lord continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel.

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 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.”

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 sons of Israel; and the Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel struggled with each other 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 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 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 T hey put him in custody so that the command of the Lord might be made clear to them.

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

13 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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

You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘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”

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

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

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

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

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

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; 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 injured someone, 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 an animal shall make it good; and 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 one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am Yahweh 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 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.