Leviticus 24

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

²Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may bring to you clear oil from the purest olives, in order to supply the lamps continuously

³outside the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall place these, from evening until morning, before the Lord, as a perpetual worship and ritual in your generations.

⁴They shall be placed upon the most pure candlestick in the sight of the Lord always.

⁵You shall also receive fine wheat flour, and you shall bake twelve loaves from it, each loaf of which shall have two-tenths.

⁶And you shall arrange them, six on each side, upon the most pure table before the Lord.

⁷And you shall place upon them the clearest frankincense, so that the bread may be a memorial of oblation for the Lord.

⁸On each Sabbath, they shall be changed before the Lord, having been received from the sons of Israel as an everlasting covenant.

⁹And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, so that they may eat these in the holy place; for it is the Holy of holies from the sacrifices of the Lord, as a perpetual right.

¹⁰Then, behold, the son of an Israelite woman, whom she had born of an Egyptian man among the sons of Israel, going out, was quarreling in the camp with a man of Israel.

¹¹And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he was led to Moses. (Now his mother was called Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the tribe of Dan.)

¹²And they sent him to prison, until they might know what the Lord would command,

¹³who spoke to Moses,

¹⁴saying: Lead away the blasphemer beyond the camp, and let all who heard him place their hands upon his head, and let the entire people stone him.

¹⁵And you shall say to the sons of Israel: The man who curses his God shall bear his sin,

¹⁶and whoever will have blasphemed the name of the Lord shall be put to death. The entire multitude shall overwhelm him with stones, whether he be a citizen or a sojourner. Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death.

¹⁷Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death.

¹⁸Whoever will have struck down an animal shall repay its equivalent, that is, a life for a life.

¹⁹Whoever will have inflicted a blemish on any of his citizens, just as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

²⁰fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he repay. Whatever degree of blemish he has inflicted, so shall he be compelled to suffer.

²¹Whoever strikes down a beast, shall repay another. Whoever strikes a man shall be punished.

²²Let there be equal judgment among you, whether it is a sojourner or a citizen who will have sinned. For I am the Lord your God.

²³And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel. And they led away him who had blasphemed, beyond the camp, and they overwhelmed him with stones. And the sons of Israel did just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

Leviticus 24

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

²Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and clearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually,

³Without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall set them from evening until morning before the Lord, by a perpetual service and rite in your generations.

⁴They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.

⁵Thou shalt take also fine flour, and shalt bake twelve loaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf.

⁶And thou shalt set them six and six, one against another, upon the most clean table before the Lord.

⁷And thou shalt put upon them the clearest frankincense, that the bread may be for a memorial of the oblation of the Lord.

⁸Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord: being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

⁹And they shall be Aaron's and his sons', that they may eat them in the holy place: because it is most holy of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpetual right.

¹⁰And behold there went out the son of a woman of Israel, whom she had of an Egyptian, among the children of Israel: and fell at words in the camp with a man of Israel.

¹¹And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he was brought to Moses. (Now his mother was called Salumith, the daughter of Dabri, of the tribe of Dan.)

¹²And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command.

¹³And the Lord spoke to Moses,

¹⁴Saying: Bring forth the blasphemer without the camp: and let them that heard him, put their hands upon his head: and let all the people stone him.

¹⁵And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel: The man that curseth his God, shall bear his sin:

¹⁶And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die. All the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die.

¹⁷He that striketh and killeth a man: dying let him die.

¹⁸He that killeth a beast, shall make it good that is to say, shall give beast for beast.

¹⁹He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

²⁰Breach for breach, eye for ere, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer.

²¹He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished.

²²Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God.

²³And Moses spoke to the children of Israel. And they brought forth him that had blasphemed, without the camp: and they stoned him. And the children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.