[1] And the Lord said to Moses, [2] Give orders to the children of Israel
to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning
at all times, [3] Outside the veil of the ark in the Tent of meeting; let
Aaron see that it is burning from evening till morning at all times before
the Lord: it is a rule for ever through all your generations. [4] Let Aaron
put the lights in order on the support before the Lord at all times. [5]
And take the best meal and make twelve cakes of it, a fifth part of an
ephah in every cake. [6] And put them in two lines, six in a line, on the
holy table before the Lord. [7] And on the lines of cakes put clean
sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to
the Lord. [8] Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order
before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement
made for ever. [9] And it will be for Aaron and his sons; they are to take
it for food in a holy place: it is the most holy of all the offerings made
by fire to the Lord, a rule for ever. [10] And a son of an Israelite woman,
whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel and had
a fight with a man of Israel by the tents; [11] And the son of the
Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took
him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of
the tribe of Dan. [12] And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be
given by the mouth of the Lord. [13] And the Lord said to Moses, [14] Take
the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words
were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the
people. [15] And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God,
his sin will be on his head. [16] And he who says evil against the name of
the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the
people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by
birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death. [17]
And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death. [18]
And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make
payment for it: a life for a life. [19] And if a man does damage to his
neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him; [20] Wound for wound,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be
done to him. [21] He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment
for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death. [22] You
are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as
for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God. [23] And Moses said these
words to the children of Israel, and they took the man who had been cursing
outside the tent-circle and had him stoned. The children of Israel did as
the Lord gave orders to Moses.
