Leviticus 24
Lexham English Bible
The Sanctuary’s Lamp and Bread
24 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the Israelites[b] that[c] they should bring pure olive oil from beaten olives for the light to present[d] a lamp continually. 3 Aaron shall arrange for it outside[e] the curtain of the testimony in the tent of assembly from evening until morning before[f] Yahweh continually; it shall be a lasting statute[g] throughout your generations. 4 On the pure golden[h] lampstand he shall arrange for the lamps before[i] Yahweh continually.
5 “And you shall take finely milled flour, and you shall bake with it twelve ring-shaped bread cakes: each one shall be two-tenths of an ephah. 6 And you shall place them in two rows, six to the row, on the pure gold[j] table before[k] Yahweh. 7 And you shall put pure frankincense on each[l] row so that[m] it shall be for the bread as a memorial offering, an offering made by fire for Yahweh. 8 On every Sabbath[n] he shall arrange it in rows before[o] Yahweh continually; they are from the Israelites[p] as an everlasting[q] covenant. 9 And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, because it is a most holy thing[r] for him from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire—a lasting rule.”[s]
Punishment for Blasphemy
10 And an Israelite woman’s son, and he was an Egyptian man’s son, went out in the midst of the Israelites;[t] and the Israelite woman’s son and an[u] Israelite man fought in the camp. 11 Then[v] the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name, and he cursed, so[w] they brought him to Moses—and the name of his mother was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12 Then[x] they put him in custody so that[y] the matter might be made clear to them in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh.
13 Then[z] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 14 “Bring the curser outside the camp,[aa] and all the hearers shall place their hands on his head, and the whole community shall stone him. 15 And you shall speak to the Israelites,[ab] saying, ‘Any man[ac] when he curses his God shall bear[ad] his sin. 16 And he who blasphemes Yahweh’s name certainly shall be put to death; the whole community certainly shall stone him. As the alien, so the native shall be put to death at blaspheming his name.
17 “‘And when a man kills any human being, he certainly shall be put to death. 18 And he who kills[ae] a domestic animal must repay for it life in place of life. 19 And when a man causes[af] a physical defect in his fellow citizen according to[ag] what he has done, so it shall be done to him: 20 fracture in place of fracture, eye in place of eye, tooth in place of tooth—according to[ah] the physical defect he causes[ai] to the person, likewise it shall be caused[aj] to him. 21 And a killer of a domestic animal must repay for it, and a killer of a human shall be put to death. 22 You must have[ak] one norm; as for the alien, so[al] it must be for the native, because I am Yahweh your God.’”
23 Thus[am] Moses spoke to the Israelites,[an] and they brought the curser outside the camp,[ao] and they stoned him with stones, and the Israelites[ap] did just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 24:1 Or “And”
- Leviticus 24:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 24:2 Or “and”
- Leviticus 24:2 Literally “to cause raising up”; or “set up” (HALOT 830 s.v. 4.d)
- Leviticus 24:3 Literally “from the outside of to”
- Leviticus 24:3 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 24:3 Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”
- Leviticus 24:4 Supplied by context and the description of the lampstand in Exod 25:31
- Leviticus 24:4 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 24:6 Supplied by context and the description of the table in Exod 25:24
- Leviticus 24:6 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 24:7 Hebrew “the”
- Leviticus 24:7 Or “and”
- Leviticus 24:8 Literally “On the day of the Sabbath on the day of the Sabbath”
- Leviticus 24:8 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 24:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 24:8 Or “eternal” or “enduring” or “perpetual”
- Leviticus 24:9 Literally “a holy thing of holy things”
- Leviticus 24:9 Literally “rule of eternity” or “rule of long duration”
- Leviticus 24:10 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 24:10 Hebrew “the”
- Leviticus 24:11 Or “And”
- Leviticus 24:11 Or “and”
- Leviticus 24:12 Or “And”
- Leviticus 24:12 Literally “to”
- Leviticus 24:13 Or “And”
- Leviticus 24:14 Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
- Leviticus 24:15 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 24:15 Literally “A man a man”
- Leviticus 24:15 Or “and he shall bear”
- Leviticus 24:18 Literally “he who kills the soul of” or “he who kills the life of”
- Leviticus 24:19 Literally “gives”
- Leviticus 24:19 Literally “as that”
- Leviticus 24:20 Literally “as that”
- Leviticus 24:20 Literally “gives”
- Leviticus 24:20 Literally “given”
- Leviticus 24:22 Literally “it shall be for you”
- Leviticus 24:22 Hebrew “as”
- Leviticus 24:23 Or “And”
- Leviticus 24:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 24:23 Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
- Leviticus 24:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
Leviticus 24
New Living Translation
Pure Oil and Holy Bread
24 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. 3 This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant.[a] Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation. 4 Aaron and the priests must tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand continually in the Lord’s presence.
5 “You must bake twelve flat loaves of bread from choice flour, using four quarts[b] of flour for each loaf. 6 Place the bread before the Lord on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two stacks, with six loaves in each stack. 7 Put some pure frankincense near each stack to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the Lord. 8 Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the Lord as a gift from the Israelites; it is an ongoing expression of the eternal covenant. 9 The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the Lord.”
An Example of Just Punishment
10 One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out of his tent and got into a fight with one of the Israelite men. 11 During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of the Lord[c] with a curse. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan. 12 They kept the man in custody until the Lord’s will in the matter should become clear to them.
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, 14 “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard the curse to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death. 15 Say to the people of Israel: Those who curse their God will be punished for their sin. 16 Anyone who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be stoned to death by the whole community of Israel. Any native-born Israelite or foreigner among you who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be put to death.
17 “Anyone who takes another person’s life must be put to death.
18 “Anyone who kills another person’s animal must pay for it in full—a live animal for the animal that was killed.
19 “Anyone who injures another person must be dealt with according to the injury inflicted— 20 a fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever anyone does to injure another person must be paid back in kind.
21 “Whoever kills an animal must pay for it in full, but whoever kills another person must be put to death.
22 “This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.”
23 After Moses gave all these instructions to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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