1 T he Lord said to Moses,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “ Tell the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the light to keep a lamp burning all the time.

“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 curtain of the Law in the meeting tent, Aaron will keep it burning from evening to morning before the Lord always. It will be a Law forever for all your people.

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 will take care of the lamps on the pure gold lamp-stand before the Lord all the time. The Bread Gift

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

5 “ Then take fine flour and bake twelve loaves of bread. Use two jars of flour for each loaf.

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

6 S et them side by side in two rows, six in each 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 P ut pure, sweet-smelling spices on each row to go with the bread as something to be remembered. It is a gift 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 Day of Rest he will set it before the Lord all the time. It is a Law forever for the people 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 T he bread is for Aaron and his sons who will eat it in a holy place. It is a most holy part for him out of the gifts by fire to the Lord. It is his share forever.” Punishment for a Person Who Spoke against God

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 among the people of Israel. And the Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel fought with each other among the tents.

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 swore against the name of the Lord. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the family 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 kept him shut up until the will of the Lord might be made known to them.

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

13 T hen the Lord said to Moses,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

14 “ Take the one who has sworn against Me away from the tents. Let all who heard him lay their hands on his head. Then let all the people kill him by throwing stones.

“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 S ay to the people of Israel, ‘If anyone swears against his God, he will suffer for his own sin.

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

16 T he one who speaks against the name of the Lord will be put to death for sure. All the people will kill him with stones. Both the stranger and those born in the land will be put to death when he speaks against the name of the Lord.

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 will be put to death for sure.

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

18 T he one who takes the life of an animal will pay for it, a life for a life.

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

19 I f a man hurts his neighbor, it will be done to him just as he has done,

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

20 b roken bone for broken bone, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he has hurt a man, so he will be hurt.

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

21 S o the one who kills an animal will pay for it with an animal. But the one who kills a man will 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 will have the same Law for the stranger and for the one born among you. 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 people of Israel. And they took the one who swore against God and brought him away from the tents and killed him with stones. So the people of Israel did as the Lord told 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.