Leviticus 24

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil beaten from olives to be used in the lamp, that the light may burn continually.

3 Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.

Outside the curtain before the covenant decrees in the tent of meeting, Aaron must continually, from evening to morning, keep the lamp lit before Yahweh. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations.

4 He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually.

The high priest must always keep the lamps lit before Yahweh, the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold.

5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts [of an ephah] shall be in one cake.

You must take fine flour and bake twelve loaves with it. There must be two-tenths of an ephah in each loaf.

6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.

Then you must set them in two rows, six in a row, on the table of pure gold before Yahweh.

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

You must put pure incense along each row of loaves as a representative offering. This incense will be burnt for Yahweh.

8 Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.

Every Sabbath day the high priest must regularly set out the bread before Yahweh on behalf of the people of Israel, as a sign of an everlasting covenant.

9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.

This offering will be for Aaron and his sons, and they are to eat it in a place that is holy, for it is a portion from the offerings to Yahweh made by fire.”

10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp:

Now it happened that the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went among the people of Israel. This son of the Israelite woman fought against an Israelite man in the camp.

11 and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the name of Yahweh and cursed God, so the people brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan.

12 And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah.

They held him in custody until Yahweh himself should declare his will to them.

13 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

“Take the man who has cursed God outside the camp. All who heard him must lay their hands on his head, and then the entire assembly must stone him.

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

You must explain to the people of Israel and say, 'Whoever curses his God must carry his own guilt.

16 And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name [of Jehovah], shall be put to death.

He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh must surely be put to death. All the assembly must certainly stone him, whether he is a foreigner or a native-born Israelite. If anyone blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he must be put to death.

17 And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

If anyone strikes down another human being, he must certainly be put to death.

18 And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

If anyone strikes down someone's animal, he must pay it back, life for life.

19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

If anyone injures his neighbor, it must be done to him as he did to his neighbor:

20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has caused an injury to a person, so must it also be done to him.

21 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

Anyone who kills an animal must pay it back, and anyone who kills a person must be put to death.

22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

You must have the same law for both the foreigner and the native-born Israelite, for I am Yahweh your God.'”

23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and the people brought the man outside the camp, the one who had cursed Yahweh. They stoned him with stones. The people of Israel carried out the command of Yahweh to Moses.