Levítico 24

¹ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

² Read (Exo_27:20).Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

³ Without the vailWhich separated the holiest of holies, where the ark of the testimony from the sanctuary was.of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: [it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations.

⁴ He shall dresse the lampes vpon the pure Candlesticke before the Lorde perpetually.

⁵ And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: twoThat is, two omers, read (Exo_16:16).tenth deals shall be in one cake.

⁶ And thou shalt set them in two rowes, six in a rowe vpon the pure table before the Lorde.

⁷ And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon [each] row, thatFor it was burnt every sabbath, when the bread was taken away.it may be on the bread for a memorial, [even] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

⁸ Euery Sabbath hee shall put them in rowes before the Lord euermore, receiuing them of the children of Israel for an euerlasting couenant.

⁹ And the bread shalbe Aaros & his sonnes, and they shall eate it in the holie place: for it is most holie vnto him of the offrings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetuall ordinance.

¹⁰ And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, wentMeaning, out of his tent.out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

¹¹ And the Israelitish woman's sonBy swearing or despising God.blasphemed the name [of the LORD], and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name [was] Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

¹² And they put him in warde, till he tolde them the minde of the Lorde.

¹³ Then the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

¹⁴ Bring the blasphemer without the hoste, and let all that heard him, put their handes vpon his head, and let all the Congregation stone him.

¹⁵ And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shallShall be punished.bear his sin.

¹⁶ And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shalbe put to death: all the Congregation shall stone him to death: aswell the stranger, as he that is borne in the lande: when he blasphemeth the name of the Lorde, let him beslaine.

¹⁷ He also that killeth any man, he shal be put to death.

¹⁸ And he that killeth a beast, he shal restore it, beast for beast.

¹⁹ Also if a man cause any blemish in his neighbour: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him.

²⁰ Breache for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: such a blemish as he hath made in any, such shalbe repayed to him.

²¹ And he that killeth a beast shall restore it: but he that killeth a man shall be slaine.

²² Ye shall haue one lawe: it shalbe aswel for the stranger as for one borne in the countrey: for I am the Lorde your God.

²³ AndBecause the punishment was not yet appointed by the law for the blasphemer, Moses consulted with the Lord, and told the people what God commanded.Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.