Numbers 15
English Standard Version
Laws About Sacrifices
15 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, (A)When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you, 3 and (B)you offer to the Lord from the herd or from the flock a food offering[a] or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, (C)to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or (D)at your appointed feasts, to make a (E)pleasing aroma to the Lord, 4 then (F)he who brings his offering shall offer to the Lord (G)a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah[b] of fine flour, (H)mixed with a quarter of a hin[c] of oil; 5 and you shall offer with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, a quarter of a hin of (I)wine for the drink offering for each lamb. 6 (J)Or for a ram, you shall offer for a grain offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil. 7 And for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, a (K)pleasing aroma to the Lord. 8 And when you offer a bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, to (L)fulfill a vow or for (M)peace offerings to the Lord, 9 then one shall offer (N)with the bull a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with half a hin of oil. 10 And you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
11 (O)“Thus it shall be done for each bull or ram, or for each lamb or young goat. 12 As many as you offer, so shall you do with each one, as many as there are. 13 Every native Israelite shall do these things in this way, in offering a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 14 And if a stranger is sojourning with you, or anyone is living permanently among you, and he wishes to offer a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he shall do as you do. 15 For the assembly, (P)there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. You and the sojourner shall be alike before the Lord. 16 One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.”
17 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 (Q)“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land to which I bring you 19 and when you eat of (R)the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the Lord. 20 (S)Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a (T)contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it. 21 (U)Some of the first of your dough you shall give to the Lord as a contribution throughout your generations.
Laws About Unintentional Sins
22 (V)“But if you sin unintentionally,[d] and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses, 23 all that the Lord has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the Lord gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations, 24 then if it was done unintentionally (W)without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one bull from the herd for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord, (X)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule, and (Y)one male goat for a sin offering. 25 (Z)And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, because it was a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their mistake. 26 And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the mistake.
27 (AA)“If one person sins unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. 28 (AB)And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. 29 (AC)You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the people of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them. 30 (AD)But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has (AE)despised the word of the Lord and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.”
A Sabbathbreaker Executed
32 While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man (AF)gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation. 34 (AG)They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him. 35 And the Lord said to Moses, (AH)“The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall (AI)stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Tassels on Garments
37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to (AJ)make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner. 39 And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, (AK)not to follow[e] after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined (AL)to whore after. 40 So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be (AM)holy to your God. 41 (AN)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
- Numbers 15:3 Or an offering by fire; so throughout Numbers
- Numbers 15:4 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
- Numbers 15:4 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
- Numbers 15:22 Or by mistake; also verses 24, 27, 28, 29
- Numbers 15:39 Hebrew to spy out
Numbers 15
New King James Version
Laws of Grain and Drink Offerings
15 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 (A)“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you have come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving to you, 3 and you (B)make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering or a sacrifice, (C)to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or (D)in your appointed feasts, to make a (E)sweet[a] aroma to the Lord, from the herd or the flock, 4 then (F)he who presents his offering to the Lord shall bring (G)a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed (H)with one-fourth of a hin of oil; 5 (I)and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering you shall prepare with the burnt offering or the sacrifice, for each (J)lamb. 6 (K)Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil; 7 and as a drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a sweet aroma to the Lord. 8 And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering, or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a (L)peace offering to the Lord, 9 then shall be offered (M)with the young bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil; 10 and you shall bring as the drink offering half a hin of wine as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord.
11 (N)‘Thus it shall be done for each young bull, for each ram, or for each lamb or young goat. 12 According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do with everyone according to their number. 13 All who are native-born shall do these things in this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord. 14 And if a stranger [b]dwells with you, or whoever is among you throughout your generations, and would present an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord, just as you do, so shall he do. 15 (O)One [c]ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 16 One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you.’ ”
17 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 (P)“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land to which I bring you, 19 then it will be, when you eat of (Q)the bread of the land, that you shall offer up a heave offering to the Lord. 20 (R)You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering; as (S)a heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up. 21 Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations.
Laws Concerning Unintentional Sin
22 (T)‘If you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses— 23 all that the Lord has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day the Lord gave commandment and onward throughout your generations— 24 then it will be, (U)if it is unintentionally committed, [d]without the knowledge of the congregation, that the whole congregation shall offer one young bull as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the Lord, (V)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and (W)one kid of the goats as a sin offering. 25 (X)So the priest shall make atonement for the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was unintentional; they shall bring their offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their unintended sin. 26 It shall be forgiven the whole congregation of the children of Israel and the stranger who dwells among them, because all the people did it unintentionally.
27 ‘And (Y)if a person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering. 28 (Z)So the priest shall make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally before the Lord, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 (AA)You shall have one law for him who sins unintentionally, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwells among them.
Law Concerning Presumptuous Sin
30 (AB)‘But the person who does anything [e]presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one [f]brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be [g]cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has (AC)despised the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his [h]guilt shall be upon him.’ ”
Penalty for Violating the Sabbath(AD)
32 Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, (AE)they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. 34 They put him (AF)under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him.
35 Then the Lord said to Moses, (AG)“The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall (AH)stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So, as the Lord commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died.
Tassels on Garments
37 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 38 “Speak to the children of Israel: Tell (AI)them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. 39 And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and (AJ)remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you (AK)may not (AL)follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, 40 and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be (AM)holy for 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
- Numbers 15:3 pleasing
- Numbers 15:14 As a resident alien
- Numbers 15:15 statute
- Numbers 15:24 Lit. away from the eyes
- Numbers 15:30 defiantly, lit. with a high hand
- Numbers 15:30 blasphemes
- Numbers 15:30 Put to death
- Numbers 15:31 iniquity
Nombres 15
Segond 21
Règles relatives aux sacrifices
15 L'Eternel dit à Moïse: 2 «Transmets ces instructions aux Israélites: Quand vous serez entrés dans le pays que je vous donne pour y établir votre demeure 3 et que vous offrirez à l'Eternel un sacrifice passé par le feu – soit un holocauste, soit un sacrifice en accomplissement d'un vœu ou en offrande volontaire, ou bien lors de vos fêtes, pour produire avec votre gros ou votre petit bétail une odeur agréable à l'Eternel – 4 celui qui fera son offrande à l'Eternel présentera en offrande 2 litres de fleur de farine pétrie avec un litre d'huile. 5 Tu feras une offrande d'un litre de vin avec l'holocauste ou le sacrifice, pour chaque agneau. 6 Pour un bélier, tu présenteras en offrande 4 litres et demi de fleur de farine pétrie avec un litre et demi d'huile, 7 et tu feras une offrande d’un litre et demi de vin, comme offrande dont l’odeur est agréable à l'Eternel. 8 Si tu offres un veau – soit comme holocauste, soit comme sacrifice en accomplissement d'un vœu, ou encore comme sacrifice de communion pour l'Eternel – 9 tu présenteras en offrande avec le veau 6 litres et demi de fleur de farine pétrie dans 2 litres d'huile, 10 et tu feras une offrande de 2 litres de vin: c'est un sacrifice passé par le feu, dont l’odeur est agréable à l'Eternel. 11 On agira ainsi pour chaque bœuf, pour chaque bélier, pour chaque petit des brebis ou des chèvres. 12 Quel que soit le nombre des victimes, voilà comment vous agirez pour chacune en fonction de leur nombre.
13 »C’est ainsi que tout Israélite agira lorsqu'il offrira un sacrifice passé par le feu dont l’odeur est agréable à l'Eternel. 14 Si un étranger en séjour chez vous de façon temporaire ou depuis plusieurs générations offre un sacrifice passé par le feu dont l’odeur est agréable à l'Eternel, il l'offrira de la même manière que vous. 15 Il y aura une seule prescription pour toute l'assemblée, pour vous et pour l'étranger en séjour parmi vous. Ce sera une prescription perpétuelle au fil des générations: devant l’Eternel, l'étranger sera traité comme vous. 16 Il y aura une seule loi et une seule règle pour vous et pour l'étranger en séjour parmi vous.»
17 L'Eternel dit à Moïse: 18 «Transmets ces instructions aux Israélites: 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'Eternel. 20 Vous présenterez à titre de prélèvement un gâteau tiré de votre première fournée. Vous le présenterez comme l'offrande qu'on prélève de l'aire de battage. 21 Vous prélèverez sur votre première fournée une offrande pour l'Eternel, au fil des générations.
22 »Lorsque vous pécherez involontairement en ne respectant pas tous les commandements que l'Eternel a fait connaître à Moïse, 23 tout ce qu’il vous a ordonné par l’intermédiaire de Moïse depuis le jour où il a donné des commandements et plus tard au fil des générations, 24 si l'on a péché involontairement, sans que l'assemblée s'en aperçoive, toute l'assemblée offrira un jeune taureau en holocauste dont l’odeur est agréable à l'Eternel, avec l'offrande végétale et l’offrande liquide qui l’accompagnent, conformément à la règle établie. Elle offrira encore un bouc en sacrifice d'expiation. 25 Le prêtre fera l'expiation pour toute l'assemblée des Israélites et le pardon leur sera accordé. En effet, ils ont péché involontairement et ils ont apporté leur offrande, un sacrifice passé par le feu en l'honneur de l'Eternel et une victime expiatoire devant l'Eternel, à cause de cette faute involontaire. 26 Le pardon sera accordé à toute l'assemblée des Israélites et à l'étranger en séjour parmi 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 d’expiation. 28 Le prêtre fera l'expiation pour la personne qui a péché involontairement devant l'Eternel. Quand il aura fait l'expiation pour elle, le pardon lui sera accordé. 29 Que l’on soit israélite ou étranger, il y aura pour vous une même loi quand on péchera involontairement. 30 Mais si quelqu'un, qu’il soit israélite ou étranger, agit de manière délibérée, il insulte l'Eternel. Il sera exclu du milieu de son peuple. 31 Il a méprisé la parole de l'Eternel et il a violé son commandement: il sera exclu, il supportera les conséquences de sa faute.»
Un viol du sabbat
32 Alors que les Israélites étaient dans le désert, on surprit un homme en train de ramasser du bois le jour du sabbat. 33 Ceux qui l'avaient surpris à faire cela l'amenèrent à Moïse, à Aaron et à toute l'assemblée. 34 On le mit en prison car on n’avait pas reçu de directive sur ce qu'il fallait lui faire. 35 L'Eternel dit à Moïse: «Cet homme sera puni de mort, toute l'assemblée le lapidera à l’extérieur du camp.» 36 Toute l'assemblée le fit sortir du camp et le lapida, et il mourut, comme l'Eternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.
La frange au bord des vêtements
37 L'Eternel dit à Moïse: 38 «Parle aux Israélites, dis-leur de se faire, au fil des générations, une frange au bord de leurs vêtements et de mettre un cordon bleu sur cette frange qui borde leurs vêtements. 39 Quand vous aurez cette frange, vous la regarderez, vous vous souviendrez de tous les commandements de l'Eternel et les mettrez en pratique, et vous ne suivrez pas les désirs de votre cœur et de vos yeux en vous laissant entraîner par eux à l'infidélité. 40 Ainsi, vous vous souviendrez de mes commandements, vous les mettrez en pratique et vous serez saints pour votre Dieu. 41 Je suis l'Eternel, votre Dieu, qui vous ai fait sortir d'Egypte pour être votre Dieu. Je suis l'Eternel, votre Dieu.»
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