Numbers 15
1 The Lord told Moses,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Tell the Israelites, ‘These are instructions about what you are to do once you arrive in the country I'm giving you to live in.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of your dwellings, which I give unto you,
3 When you bring an offering to the Lord from your herd or flock (whether it's a burnt offering, a sacrifice to fulfill a promise you made, or a freewill or festival offering) that will be acceptable to the Lord,
and will make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or as a voluntary offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet odour to Jehovah, of the herd or of the flock,
4 then you shall also present a grain offering of one tenth of an ephah of best flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.
then shall he that presenteth his offering to Jehovah bring as oblation a tenth part of fine flour mingled with a fourth part of a hin of oil;
5 Add a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering to the burn offering or the sacrifice of a lamb.
and of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the fourth part of a hin with the burnt-offering, or with the sacrifice, for one lamb.
6 When it comes to a ram, present a grain offering of two tenths of an ephah of best flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil,
And for a ram thou shalt offer as oblation two tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil, a third part of a hin,
7 along with a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering, all of them to be acceptable to the Lord.
and of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the third part of a hin; for a sweet odour to Jehovah.
8 When you bring a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a promise you made or as a peace offering to the Lord,
And when thou offerest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or for a peace-offering to Jehovah,
9 then you shall also with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the best flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.
then shall they present with the bullock as oblation three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil;
10 Add a half a hin of wine as a drink offering. All this is an offering to be acceptable to the Lord.
and of wine shalt thou present half a hin, for a drink-offering, as an offering by fire, of a sweet odour to Jehovah.
11 This is to be done for every bull, ram, lamb, or goat brought as an offering.
Thus shall it be done for one ox, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or for a kid;
12 This is what you need to do for each one, however many.
according to the number that ye offer, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
13 Every Israelite is to follow these instructions when they present an offering that is accepted by the Lord.
And all that are born in the land shall do these things thus, in presenting an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah.
14 This also applies for all future generations that if a foreigner living among you or anyone else among you wishes to present an offering acceptable to the Lord: they are to do exactly what you do.
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whoever be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah, — as ye do, so shall he do.
15 The whole congregation must have the same rules for you and for the foreigner living among you. This is a permanent law for all future generations You and the foreigner are to be treated the same way before the law.
As to the congregation, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an everlasting statute throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be, before Jehovah.
16 The same rules and regulations apply to you and the foreigner living among you.’”
One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
17 Then the Lord told Moses,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
18 “Tell the Israelites, ‘When you get to the country where I'm leading you
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
19 and you eat the food produced there, you shall give some of it as an offering to the Lord.
then it shall be, when ye eat of the bread of the land, that ye shall offer a heave-offering to Jehovah;
20 You are to give some of the flour you make into loaves as a gift—present it just like an offering from the threshing floor.
the first of your dough shall ye offer, a cake, for a heave-offering; as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye offer this.
21 For all future generations, you are to give the Lord an offering from the first of your flour.
Of the first of your dough ye shall give to Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.
22 Now if you collectively sin without meaning to and don't follow all these instructions that the Lord has given Moses—
And if ye sin inadvertently, and do not all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,
23 everything that the Lord has ordered you to do through Moses from the time that the Lord gave them and for all future generations—
all that Jehovah hath commanded you through Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and henceforward throughout your generations;
24 and if it was done unintentionally without everyone knowing about it, then the whole congregation is to present a young bull as a burnt offering to be accepted by the Lord, along with its grain offering and drink offering presented according to the rules, as well as a male goat as a sin offering.
then it shall be, if ought be committed by inadvertence [hid] from the eyes of the assembly, that the whole assembly shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet odour to Jehovah, and its oblation and its drink-offering according to the ordinance, and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering.
25 In this way the priest is to make the whole congregation of Israel right with the Lord so that they can be forgiven, because the sin was unintentional and they have presented the Lord with an burnt offering and a sin offering, offered before the Lord for their unintentional sin.
And the priest shall make atonement for the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it was a sin of inadvertence, and they have brought before Jehovah their offering, as an offering by fire to Jehovah, and their sin-offering for their [sin of] inadvertence;
26 Then the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because the people sinned unintentionally.
and it shall be forgiven the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for with all the people there was [a sin of] inadvertence.
27 In the case of an individual who sins without meaning to—they are to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
And if one soul sin through inadvertence, then he shall present a yearling she-goat for a sin-offering.
28 The priest will make the person who sinned unintentionally right before the Lord their behalf. Once they have been made right, they will be forgiven.
And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that hath done inadvertently, when he sinneth by inadvertence before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
29 You shall apply the same law for the one who mistakenly sins to an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.
For him that is born in the land among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them — there shall be one law for you, for him who doeth anything through inadvertence.
30 But the person who sins in defiance, whether an Israelite or foreigner, is blaspheming the Lord. They shall be expelled from their people.
But the soul that doeth ought with a high hand, whether born in the land, or a stranger, he reproacheth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
31 They have to be expelled, because they have treated the word of the Lord with contempt and broken his commandment. They are responsible for the consequences of their own guilt.’”
For he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment: that soul shall surely be cut off; his iniquity is upon him.
32 During the time the Israelites were wandering in the desert, a man was caught collecting firewood on the Sabbath.
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.
33 The people who found him collecting wood brought him before Moses, Aaron, and the rest of the Israelites.
And they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole assembly.
34 They placed him under guard because it wasn't clear what should happen to him.
And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him.
35 The Lord told Moses, “This man has to be executed. All the Israelites are to stone him outside the camp.”
And Jehovah said to Moses, The man shall certainly be put to death: the whole assembly shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
36 So they all took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death as the Lord had ordered Moses.
And the whole assembly led him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
37 Sometime later the Lord told Moses,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
38 “Tell the Israelites that for all future generations you must make tassels for the hems of your clothes and attach them with blue cord.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them tassels on the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they attach to the tassel of the corners a lace of blue;
39 When you look at these tassels you will be reminded to keep all the commandments of the Lord and not be unfaithful, following your own thoughts and desires.
and it shall be unto you for a tassel, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye seek not after [the lusts of] your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye go a whoring;
40 In this way you'll remember to keep all my commandments and you will be holy to your God. I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt to be your God.
that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41 I am the Lord your God!”
I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Jehovah your God.
