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;^[a] and the Israelite woman’s son and an^[b] Israelite man fought in the camp. ¹¹ Then^[c] the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name, and he cursed, so^[d] they brought him to Moses—and the name of his mother was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. ¹² Then^[e] they put him in custody so that^[f] the matter might be made clear to them in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh.

¹³ Then^[g] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁴ “Bring the curser outside the camp,^[h] 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,^[i] saying, ‘Any man^[j] when he curses his God shall bear^[k] 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.

²³ Thus^[a] Moses spoke to the Israelites,^[b] and they brought the curser outside the camp,^[c] and they stoned him with stones, and the Israelites^[d] did just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.