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Nombres 15
Louis Segond

15 L'Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:

2 Parle aux enfants d'Israël, et dis-leur: Quand vous serez entrés dans le pays que je vous donne pour y établir vos demeures,

3 et que vous offrirez à l'Éternel un sacrifice consumé par le feu, soit un holocauste, soit un sacrifice en accomplissement d'un voeu ou en offrande volontaire, ou bien dans vos fêtes, pour produire avec votre gros ou votre menu bétail une agréable odeur à l'Éternel, -

4 celui qui fera son offrande à l'Éternel présentera en offrande un dixième de fleur de farine pétrie dans un quart de hin d'huile,

5 et tu feras une libation d'un quart de hin de vin, avec l'holocauste ou le sacrifice, pour chaque agneau.

6 Pour un bélier, tu présenteras en offrande deux dixièmes de fleur de farine pétrie dans un tiers de hin d'huile,

7 et tu feras une libation d'un tiers de hin de vin, comme offrande d'une agréable odeur à l'Éternel.

8 Si tu offres un veau, soit comme holocauste, soit comme sacrifice en accomplissement d'un voeu, ou comme sacrifice d'actions de grâces à l'Éternel,

9 on présentera en offrande, avec le veau, trois dixièmes de fleur de farine pétrie dans un demi-hin d'huile,

10 et tu feras une libation d'un demi-hin de vin: c'est un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Éternel.

11 On fera ainsi pour chaque boeuf, pour chaque bélier, pour chaque petit des brebis ou des chèvres.

12 Suivant le nombre des victimes, vous ferez ainsi pour chacune, d'après leur nombre.

13 Tout indigène fera ces choses ainsi, lorsqu'il offrira un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Éternel.

14 Si un étranger séjournant chez vous, ou se trouvant à l'avenir au milieu de vous, offre un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Éternel, il l'offrira de la même manière que vous.

15 Il y aura une seule loi pour toute l'assemblée, pour vous et pour l'étranger en séjour au milieu de vous; ce sera une loi perpétuelle parmi vos descendants: il en sera de l'étranger comme de vous, devant l'Éternel.

16 Il y aura une seule loi et une seule ordonnance pour vous et pour l'étranger en séjour parmi vous.

17 L'Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:

18 Parle aux enfants d'Israël, et dis-leur: Quand vous serez arrivés dans le pays où je vous ferai entrer,

19 et que vous mangerez du pain de ce pays, vous prélèverez une offrande pour l'Éternel.

20 Vous présenterez par élévation un gâteau, les prémices de votre pâte; vous le présenterez comme l'offrande qu'on prélève de l'aire.

21 Vous prélèverez pour l'Éternel une offrande des prémices de votre pâte, dans les temps à venir.

22 Si vous péchez involontairement, en n'observant pas tous ces commandements que l'Éternel a fait connaître à Moïse,

23 tout ce que l'Éternel vous a ordonné par Moïse, depuis le jour où l'Éternel a donné des commandements et plus tard dans les temps à venir;

24 si l'on a péché involontairement, sans que l'assemblée s'en soit aperçue, toute l'assemblée offrira un jeune taureau en holocauste d'une agréable odeur à l'Éternel, avec l'offrande et la libation, d'après les règles établies; elle offrira encore un bouc en sacrifice d'expiation.

25 Le sacrificateur fera l'expiation pour toute l'assemblée des enfants d'Israël, et il leur sera pardonné; car ils ont péché involontairement, et ils ont apporté leur offrande, un sacrifice consumé par le feu en l'honneur de l'Éternel et une victime expiatoire devant l'Éternel, à cause du péché qu'ils ont involontairement commis.

26 Il sera pardonné à toute l'assemblée des enfants d'Israël et à l'étranger en séjour au milieu d'eux, car c'est involontairement que tout le peuple a péché.

27 Si c'est une seule personne qui a péché involontairement, elle offrira une chèvre d'un an en sacrifice pour le péché.

28 Le sacrificateur fera l'expiation pour la personne qui a péché involontairement devant l'Éternel: quand il aura fait l'expiation pour elle, il lui sera pardonné.

29 Pour l'indigène parmi les enfants d'Israël et pour l'étranger en séjour au milieu d'eux, il y aura pour vous une même loi, quand on péchera involontairement.

30 Mais si quelqu'un, indigène ou étranger, agit la main levée, il outrage l'Éternel; celui-là sera retranché du milieu de son peuple.

31 Il a méprisé la parole de l'Éternel, et il a violé son commandement: celui-là sera retranché, il portera la peine de son iniquité.

32 Comme les enfants d'Israël étaient dans le désert, on trouva un homme qui ramassait du bois le jour du sabbat.

33 Ceux qui l'avaient trouvé ramassant du bois l'amenèrent à Moïse, à Aaron, et à toute l'assemblée.

34 On le mit en prison, car ce qu'on devait lui faire n'avait pas été déclaré.

35 L'Éternel dit à Moïse: Cet homme sera puni de mort, toute l'assemblée le lapidera hors du camp.

36 Toute l'assemblée le fit sortir du camp et le lapida, et il mourut, comme l'Éternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.

37 L'Éternel dit à Moïse:

38 Parle aux enfants d'Israël, et dis-leur qu'ils se fassent, de génération en génération, une frange au bord de leurs vêtements, et qu'ils mettent un cordon bleu sur cette frange du bord de leurs vêtements.

39 Quand vous aurez cette frange, vous la regarderez, et vous vous souviendrez de tous les commandements de l'Éternel pour les mettre en pratique, et vous ne suivrez pas les désirs de vos coeurs et de vos yeux pour vous laisser entraîner à l'infidélité.

40 Vous vous souviendrez ainsi de mes commandements, vous les mettrez en pratique, et vous serez saints pour votre Dieu.

41 Je suis l'Éternel, votre Dieu, qui vous ai fait sortir du pays d'Égypte, pour être votre Dieu. Je suis l'Éternel, votre Dieu.

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Numbers 15
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Sacrificial Rulings

15 [a] The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land where you are to live,[b] which I am giving you,[c] 3 and you make an offering by fire to the Lord from the herd or from the flock (whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a freewill offering or in your solemn feasts) to create a pleasing aroma to the Lord, 4 then the one who presents his offering to the Lord must bring[d] a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of olive oil.[e] 5 You must also prepare one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering[f] with the burnt offering or the sacrifice for each lamb.[g] 6 Or for a ram, you must prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with one-third of a hin of olive oil, 7 and for a drink offering you must offer one-third of a hin of wine as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 8 And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a peace offering to the Lord, 9 then a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil must be presented[h] with the young bull, 10 and you must present as the drink offering half a hin of wine with the fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 11 This is what is to be done[i] for each ox, or each ram, or each of the male lambs or the goats. 12 You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare.

13 “‘Every native-born person must do these things in this way to present an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 14 If a resident foreigner is living[j] with you—or whoever is among you[k] in future generations[l]—and prepares an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he must do it the same way you are to do it.[m] 15 One statute must apply[n] to you who belong to the congregation and to the resident foreigner who is living among you, as a permanent[o] statute for your future generations. You and the resident foreigner will be alike[p] before the Lord. 16 One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.’”

Rules for Firstfruits

17 The Lord spoke to Moses: 18 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land to which I am bringing you[q] 19 and you eat[r] some of the food of the land, you must offer up a raised offering[s] to the Lord. 20 You must offer up a cake of the first of your finely ground flour[t] as a raised offering; as you offer the raised offering of the threshing floor, so you must offer it up. 21 You must give to the Lord some of the first of your finely ground flour as a raised offering in your future generations.

Rules for Unintentional Offenses

22 [u] “‘If you[v] sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses— 23 all that the Lord has commanded you by the authority[w] of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses and continuing through your future generations— 24 then if anything is done unintentionally[x] without the knowledge of[y] the community, the whole community must prepare one young bull for a burnt offering—for a pleasing aroma to the Lord—along with its grain offering and its customary drink offering, and one male goat for a purification offering. 25 And the priest is to make atonement[z] for the whole community of the Israelites, and they will be forgiven, because it was unintentional and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, and their purification offering before the Lord, for their unintentional offense. 26 And the whole community[aa] of the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them will be forgiven, since all the people were involved in the unintentional offense.

27 “‘If any person[ab] sins unintentionally, then he must bring a yearling female goat for a purification offering. 28 And the priest must make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally—when he sins unintentionally before the Lord—to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. 29 You must have one law for the person who sins unintentionally, both for the native-born among the Israelites and for the resident foreigner who lives among them.

Deliberate Sin

30 “‘But the person[ac] who acts defiantly,[ad] whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults[ae] the Lord.[af] That person[ag] must be cut off[ah] from among his people. 31 Because he has despised[ai] the Lord’s message and has broken[aj] his commandment, that person[ak] must be completely cut off.[al] His iniquity will be on him.’”[am]

32 When the Israelites were[an] in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.[ao] 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community. 34 They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him. 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone[ap] him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death,[aq] just as the Lord commanded Moses.

Rules for Tassels

37 The Lord spoke to Moses: 38 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them to make[ar] tassels[as] for themselves on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and put a blue thread[at] on the tassel of the corners. 39 You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them and so that you do not follow[au] after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness.[av] 40 Thus[aw] you will remember and obey all my commandments and be holy to your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:1 sn The wilderness wandering officially having begun, these rules were then given for the people to be used when they finally entered the land. That they would be provided here would be of some encouragement to the nation after their great failure. God still spoke of a land that was to be their land, even though they had sinned greatly. This chapter collects a number of religious rules. The first 16 verses deal with rulings for sacrifices. Then, vv. 17-36 concerns sins of omission. Finally, rules concerning tassels are covered (vv. 37-41). For additional reading, see G. B. Gray, Sacrifice in the Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon, 1925); B. A. Levine, In the Presence of the Lord (SJLA); D. J. McCarthy, “The Symbolism of Blood and Sacrifice,” JBL 88 (1969): 166-76; “Further Notes on the Symbolism of Blood and Sacrifice,” JBL 92 (1973): 205-10; J. Milgrom, “Sin Offering or Purification Offering,” VT 21 (1971): 237-39; N. H. Snaith, “Sacrifices in the Old Testament,” VT 7 (1957): 308-17; R. J. Thompson, Penitence and Sacrifice in Early Israel; R. de Vaux, Studies in Old Testament Sacrifice.
  2. Numbers 15:2 tn Heb “the land of your habitations.”
  3. Numbers 15:2 tn The Hebrew participle here has the futur instans use of the participle, expressing that something is going to take place. It is not imminent, but it is certain that God would give the land to Israel.
  4. Numbers 15:4 tn The three words at the beginning of this verse are all etymologically related: “the one who offers his offering shall offer.”
  5. Numbers 15:4 sn Obviously, as the wording of the text affirms, this kind of offering would be made after they were in the land and able to produce the grain and oil for the sacrifices. The instructions anticipated their ability to do this, and this would give hope to them. The amounts are difficult to determine, but it may be that they were to bring 4.5 liters of flour and 1.8 liters each of oil and wine.
  6. Numbers 15:5 sn The drink-offering was an ancient custom, mentioned in the Ugaritic tablets of Ras Shamra (14th century b.c.). The drink offering was poured out at the base of the altar (see Sir 50:15 and Josephus, Ant. 3.9.4 [3.234]).
  7. Numbers 15:5 tn Heb “for the one lamb,” but it clearly means “for each lamb.”
  8. Numbers 15:9 tn The text changes from direct address here to the third person form of the verb. If the MT is correct, then to make a smooth translation it would need to be made a passive (in view of the fact that no subject is expressed).
  9. Numbers 15:11 tn Heb “according to thus shall it be done.”
  10. Numbers 15:14 tn The word גּוּר (gur) was traditionally translated “to sojourn,” i.e., to live temporarily in a land. Here the two words are from the root: “if a sojourner sojourns.”
  11. Numbers 15:14 tn Heb “in your midst.”
  12. Numbers 15:14 tn The Hebrew text just has “to your generations,” but it means in the future.
  13. Numbers 15:14 tn The imperfect tenses must reflect the responsibility to comply with the law, and so the classifications of instruction or obligation may be applied.
  14. Numbers 15:15 tn The word “apply” is supplied in the translation.
  15. Numbers 15:15 tn Or “a statute forever.”
  16. Numbers 15:15 tn Heb “as you, as [so] the alien.”
  17. Numbers 15:18 tn The relative clause is literally, “which I am causing you to enter there.” The final adverb is resumptive, and must be joined with the relative pronoun.
  18. Numbers 15:19 tn The verse has a temporal clause that actually continues or supplements the temporal clause of the preceding verse. It is made up of the temporal indicator, the infinitive construct with the preposition, and the suffixed subjective genitive: “and it shall be when you eat.” Here it is translated simply “and eat” since the temporal element was introduced in the last verse.
  19. Numbers 15:19 tn This is the תְּרוּמָה (terumah), the “raised offering” or “heave offering” (cf. KJV, ASV). It may simply be called a “contribution” (so NAB). The verb of the sentence is from the same root: “you shall lift up/raise up.” It was to be an offering separated from the rest and raised up to the Lord in the sight of all. It was designed to remind the Israelites that the produce and the land belonged to God.
  20. Numbers 15:20 tn Or “the first of your dough.” The phrase is not very clear. N. H. Snaith thinks it means a batch of loaves from the kneading trough—the first batch of the baking (Leviticus and Numbers [NCB], 251).
  21. Numbers 15:22 sn These regulations supplement what was already ruled on in the Levitical code for the purification and reparation offerings. See those rulings in Lev 4-7 for all the details. Some biblical scholars view the rules in Leviticus as more elaborate and therefore later. However, this probably represents a misunderstanding of the purpose of each collection.
  22. Numbers 15:22 tn The verb is the plural imperfect; the sin discussed here is a sin committed by the community, or the larger part of the community.
  23. Numbers 15:23 tn Heb “hand.”
  24. Numbers 15:24 tn The idea of לִשְׁגָגָה (lishgagah) seems to be that of “inadvertence” or “without intent.” The text gives no indication of how this offense might be committed, or what it might include. It probably describes any transgressions done in ignorance of the Law that involved a violation of tabernacle procedure or priestly protocol or social misdemeanor. Even though it was done unintentionally, it was still a violation and called for ritual purification.
  25. Numbers 15:24 tn Heb “[away] from the eyes of the community.”
  26. Numbers 15:25 tn The verb is the Piel perfect with vav (ו) consecutive (וְכִפֶּר, vekhipper) to continue the instruction of the passage: “the priest shall make atonement,” meaning the priest is to make atonement for the sin (thus the present translation). This verb means “to expiate,” “to atone for,” “to pacify.” It describes the ritual events by which someone who was separated from the holy Lord God could find acceptance into his presence through the sacrificial blood of the substitutionary animal. See Lev 1 and Num 16:41-50.
  27. Numbers 15:26 tn Again, rather than translate literally “and it shall be forgiven [to] them” (all the community), one could say, “they (all the community) will be forgiven.” The meaning is the same.
  28. Numbers 15:27 tn The Hebrew text has וְאִם־נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת (veʾim nefesh ʾakhat), sometime translated “and if any soul.” But the word describes the whole person, the soul in the body; it refers here to the individual who sins.
  29. Numbers 15:30 tn Heb “soul.”
  30. Numbers 15:30 tn The sin is described literally as acting “with a high hand”—בְּיָד רָמָה (beyad ramah). The expression means that someone would do something with deliberate defiance, with an arrogance in spite of what the Lord said. It is as if the sinner was about to attack God, or at least lifting his hand against God. The implication of the expression is that it was done in full knowledge of the Law (especially since this contrasts throughout with the sins of ignorance). Blatant defiance of the word of the Lord is dealt with differently. For similar expressions, see Exod 14:8 and Num 33:3.
  31. Numbers 15:30 tn The verb occurs only in the Piel; it means “to blaspheme,” “to revile.”
  32. Numbers 15:30 tn The word order in the Hebrew text places “Yahweh” first for emphasis—it is the Lord such a person insults.
  33. Numbers 15:30 tn Heb “soul.”
  34. Numbers 15:30 tn The clause begins with “and” because the verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. As discussed with Num 9:13, to be cut off could mean excommunication from the community, death by the community, or death by divine intervention.
  35. Numbers 15:31 tn The verb בָּזָה (bazah, “to despise”) means to treat something as worthless, to treat it with contempt, to look down the nose at something as it were.
  36. Numbers 15:31 tn The verb פָּרַר (parar, “to break”) can mean to nullify, break, or violate a covenant.
  37. Numbers 15:31 tn Heb “soul.”
  38. Numbers 15:31 tn The construction uses the Niphal imperfect with the modifying Niphal infinitive absolute. The infinitive makes the sentence more emphatic. If the imperfect tense is taken as an instruction imperfect, then the infinitive makes the instruction more binding. If it is a simple future, then the future is certain. In either case, there is no exclusion from being cut off.
  39. Numbers 15:31 sn The point is that the person’s iniquity remains with him—he must pay for his sin. The judgment of God in such a case is both appropriate and unavoidable.
  40. Numbers 15:32 tn The preterite of the verb “to be” is here subordinated to the next, parallel verb form, to form a temporal clause.
  41. Numbers 15:32 sn For this brief passage, see A. Phillips, “The Case of the Woodgatherer Reconsidered,” VT 19 (1969): 125-28; J. Weingreen, “The Case of the Woodgatherer (Numbers XV 32-36),” VT 16 (1966): 361-64; and B. J. Bamberger, “Revelations of Torah after Sinai,” HUCA 16 (1941): 97-113. Weingreen argues that there is something of the Rabbinic method of setting a fence around the Law here; in other words, if this sin were not punished, the Law would have been violated in greater ways. Gathering of wood, although seemingly harmless, is done with intent to kindle fire, and so reveals a culpable intent.
  42. Numbers 15:35 tn The sentence begins with the emphatic use of the infinitive absolute with the verb in the Hophal imperfect: “he shall surely be put to death.” Then, a second infinitive absolute רָגוֹם (ragom) provides the explanatory activity—all the community is to stone him with stones. The punishment is consistent with other decrees from God (see Exod 31:14, 15; 35:2). Moses had either forgotten such, or they had simply neglected to (or were hesitant to) enact them.
  43. Numbers 15:36 tn Heb “stoned him with stones, and he died.”
  44. Numbers 15:38 tn The construction uses the imperative followed by perfect tenses with vav (ו) consecutives. The first perfect tense may be translated as the imperative, but the second, being a third common plural form, has to be subordinated as a purpose clause, or as the object of the preceding verb: “speak…and say…that they make.”
  45. Numbers 15:38 sn This is a reference to the צִיצִת (tsitsit), the fringes on the borders of the robes. They were meant to hang from the corners of the upper garment (Deut 22:12), which was worn on top of the clothing. The tassel was probably made by twisting the overhanging threads of the garment into a knot that would hang down. This was a reminder of the covenant. The tassels were retained down through history, and today more elaborate prayer shawls with tassels are worn during prayer. For more information, see F. J. Stephens, “The Ancient Significance of Sisith,” JBL 50 (1931): 59-70; and S. Bertman, “Tasselled Garments in the Ancient East Mediterranean,” BA 24 (1961): 119-28.
  46. Numbers 15:38 sn The blue color may represent the heavenly origin of the Law, or perhaps, since it is a royal color, the majesty of the Lord.
  47. Numbers 15:39 tn Heb “seek out, look into.”
  48. Numbers 15:39 tn This last clause is a relative clause explaining the influence of the human heart and physical sight. It literally says, “which you go whoring after them.” The verb for “whoring” may be interpreted to mean “act unfaithfully.” So, the idea is these influences lead to unfaithful activity: “after which you act unfaithfully.”
  49. Numbers 15:40 tn This clause also serves as a purpose/result clause of the preceding—“in order that you may remember….” But because the line is so long, it is simpler to make this a separate sentence in the translation.
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Numbers 15
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Supplementary Offerings

15 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘After you enter the land I am giving you(A) as a home 3 and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock,(B) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord(C)—whether burnt offerings(D) or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings(E) or festival offerings(F)— 4 then the person who brings an offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering(G) of a tenth of an ephah[a] of the finest flour(H) mixed with a quarter of a hin[b] of olive oil. 5 With each lamb(I) for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine(J) as a drink offering.(K)

6 “‘With a ram(L) prepare a grain offering(M) of two-tenths of an ephah[c](N) of the finest flour mixed with a third of a hin[d] of olive oil,(O) 7 and a third of a hin of wine(P) as a drink offering.(Q) Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(R)

8 “‘When you prepare a young bull(S) as a burnt offering or sacrifice, for a special vow(T) or a fellowship offering(U) to the Lord, 9 bring with the bull a grain offering(V) of three-tenths of an ephah[e](W) of the finest flour mixed with half a hin[f] of olive oil, 10 and also bring half a hin of wine(X) as a drink offering.(Y) This will be a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(Z) 11 Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this manner. 12 Do this for each one, for as many as you prepare.(AA)

13 “‘Everyone who is native-born(AB) must do these things in this way when they present a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(AC) 14 For the generations to come,(AD) whenever a foreigner(AE) or anyone else living among you presents a food(AF) offering(AG) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, they must do exactly as you do. 15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.(AH) You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.(AI)’”

17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking you(AJ) 19 and you eat the food of the land,(AK) present a portion as an offering to the Lord.(AL) 20 Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal(AM) and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.(AN) 21 Throughout the generations to come(AO) you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.(AP)

Offerings for Unintentional Sins

22 “‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses(AQ)— 23 any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come(AR)— 24 and if this is done unintentionally(AS) without the community being aware of it,(AT) then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering(AU) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,(AV) along with its prescribed grain offering(AW) and drink offering,(AX) and a male goat for a sin offering.[g](AY) 25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,(AZ) for it was not intentional(BA) and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering(BB) and a sin offering.(BC) 26 The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.(BD)

27 “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally,(BE) that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.(BF) 28 The priest is to make atonement(BG) before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.(BH) 29 One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.(BI)

30 “‘But anyone who sins defiantly,(BJ) whether native-born or foreigner,(BK) blasphemes the Lord(BL) and must be cut off from the people of Israel.(BM) 31 Because they have despised(BN) the Lord’s word and broken his commands,(BO) they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.(BP)’”

The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death

32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness,(BQ) a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.(BR) 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, 34 and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.(BS) 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die.(BT) The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.(BU)” 36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him(BV) to death,(BW) as the Lord commanded Moses.(BX)

Tassels on Garments

37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come(BY) you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments,(BZ) with a blue cord on each tassel. 39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember(CA) all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves(CB) by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts(CC) and eyes. 40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands(CD) and will be consecrated to your God.(CE) 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God.(CF) I am the Lord your God.(CG)’”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:4 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
  2. Numbers 15:4 That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter; also in verse 5
  3. Numbers 15:6 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms
  4. Numbers 15:6 That is, about 1 1/3 quarts or about 1.3 liters; also in verse 7
  5. Numbers 15:9 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms
  6. Numbers 15:9 That is, about 2 quarts or about 1.9 liters; also in verse 10
  7. Numbers 15:24 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 27
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