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Numbers 15
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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

  1. Numbers 15:3 pleasing
  2. Numbers 15:14 As a resident alien
  3. Numbers 15:15 statute
  4. Numbers 15:24 Lit. away from the eyes
  5. Numbers 15:30 defiantly, lit. with a high hand
  6. Numbers 15:30 blasphemes
  7. Numbers 15:30 Put to death
  8. Numbers 15:31 iniquity
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Rules About Sacrifices

15 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: I am giving you a land to be your home. When you enter that land, 3 you must give special gifts to the Lord. Their smell will please the Lord. You will use your cattle, sheep, and goats for burnt offerings, sacrifices, special promises, special gifts, fellowship offerings, or at your special festivals.

4 “At the time someone brings their offering, they must also give a grain offering to the Lord. The grain offering will be 8 cups[a] of fine flour mixed with 1 quart[b] of olive oil. 5 Each time you offer a lamb as a burnt offering or sacrifice, you must also prepare a quart of wine as a drink offering.

6 “If you are giving a ram, you must also prepare a grain offering. This grain offering should be 16 cups[c] of fine flour mixed with 1 1/4 quarts[d] of olive oil. 7 And you must prepare 1 1/4 quarts of wine as a drink offering. Its smell will please the Lord.

8 “You might prepare a young bull as a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a fellowship offering, or to keep a special promise to the Lord. 9 At that time you must also bring a grain offering with the bull. That grain offering should be 24 cups[e] of fine flour mixed with 2 quarts[f] of olive oil. 10 Also bring 2 quarts of wine as a drink offering as a sweet-smelling gift to the Lord. 11 Each bull or ram, or lamb or young goat that you give must be prepared in this way. 12 Do this for every one of these animals that you give.

13 “This is the way every citizen of Israel must give gifts to please the Lord. 14 Foreigners will live among you. If they give gifts to please the Lord, they must offer them the same way you do. 15 The same rules will be for everyone—the Israelites and the foreigners living among you. This law will continue forever. You and the people living among you will be the same before the Lord. 16 This means that you must follow the same laws and the same rules. These laws and rules are for you Israelites and for the other people who are living among you.”

17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 “Tell the Israelites this: I am taking you to another land. 19 When you eat the food that grows in that land, you must give part of that food as an offering to the Lord. 20 You will gather grain and grind it into flour to make dough for bread. You must give the first bread from that flour as a gift to the Lord. It will be like the grain offering that comes from the threshing floor. 21 You and all your descendants must give part of the first dough you make from that flour as a gift to the Lord.

22 “As you try to obey all the commands that the Lord gave Moses, you might fail and make a mistake. 23 The Lord gave you those commands through Moses, and they have been in effect from the day they were given throughout the generations until today. 24 If you made this mistake where everyone could see it, the whole community must offer a young bull as a burnt offering, as a sweet-smelling gift to the Lord. You must also offer the grain offering and the drink offering with the bull. And you must also give a male goat as a sin offering.

25 “So the priest will make the whole community of Israel pure, and they will be forgiven for the mistake they made. Since they made the mistake, they must bring a gift and a sin offering to the Lord. 26 Then the whole community of Israel and any foreigners among them will be forgiven for the mistake.

27 “But if only one person makes a mistake and sins, that person must bring a female goat that is one year old. That goat will be the sin offering. 28 The priest will make purification before the Lord for the one who sinned, and that person will be forgiven. 29 This law is for everyone who makes a mistake and sins. The same law is for the people born in the family of Israel and for the foreigners living among you.

30 “If someone sins and knows they are doing wrong, they are rebelling against the Lord. They must be separated from their people. The same law applies to citizens of Israel and to foreigners living among you. 31 They thought the Lord’s word was not important, so they broke his commands. That is why they must be separated from their people—they must bear the responsibility for their guilt.”

A Man Works on the Day of Rest

32 While the Israelites were in the desert, some of them saw a man gathering firewood on the Sabbath day. 33 The people who saw him gathering the wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole community of Israel. 34 They guarded the man carefully because they did not know how they should punish him.

35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die. All the people must throw stones at him outside the camp.” 36 So the people took him outside the camp and killed him with stones. They did this just as the Lord commanded Moses.

A Way to Remember God’s Commands

37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the Israelites. Tell them this: Tie several pieces of thread together and tie them in the corner of your clothes. Put a piece of blue thread in each one of these tassels. You must wear these things now and forever. 39 You will be able to look at these tassels and remember all the commands that the Lord has given you. Then you will obey the commands. You will not do wrong by forgetting about the commands and doing the things that your own bodies and eyes want. 40 You will remember to obey all my commands. Then you will be God’s special people. 41 I am the Lord your God. I am the one who brought you out of Egypt. I did this to be your God. I am the Lord your God.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:4 8 cups Literally, “1/10 of an ephah” (2.2 l).
  2. Numbers 15:4 1 quart Literally, “1/4 hin” (.8 l).
  3. Numbers 15:6 16 cups Literally, “2/10 of an ephah” (4.4 l).
  4. Numbers 15:6 1 1/4 quarts Literally, “1/3 hin” (1 l).
  5. Numbers 15:9 24 cups Literally, “3/10 of an ephah” (6.6 l).
  6. Numbers 15:9 2 quarts Literally, “1/2 hin” (1.6 l).
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Tillägg till offerlagarna

15 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 2 ”Tala till Israels barn och säg till dem: När ni kommer in i det land som jag ger er att bo i, 3 (A) och ni vill offra ett eldsoffer åt Herren, ett brännoffer eller ett slaktoffer av nöt eller småboskap, för att bereda Herren en ljuvlig doft – vare sig det gäller att fullgöra ett löfte eller om det är ett frivilligt offer eller era högtidsoffer – 4 (B) så ska den som bär fram ett sådant offer åt Herren, också som matoffer bära fram en tiondels efa fint mjöl, blandat med en fjärdedels hin[a] olja, 5 och som dryckesoffer ska du offra en fjärdedels hin vin för varje lamm tillsammans med brännoffret eller slaktoffret.

6 Till en bagge ska du som matoffer offra två tiondels efa fint mjöl, blandat med en tredjedels hin olja,[b] 7 och som dryckesoffer ska du bära fram en tredjedels hin vin till en ljuvlig doft för Herren. 8 När du offrar en ungtjur till brännoffer eller slaktoffer för att fullgöra ett löfte eller som gemenskapsoffer[c] åt Herren, 9 ska du tillsammans med tjuren som matoffer bära fram tre tiondels efa fint mjöl, blandat med en halv hin[d] olja, 10 och som dryckesoffer ska du bära fram en halv hin vin, det är ett eldsoffer till en ljuvlig doft för Herren.

11 Så ska man göra med varje tjur, varje bagge, varje lamm eller killing. 12 Efter det antal ni offrar, ska ni göra så med var och en efter deras antal. 13 Varje infödd ska göra så när han bär fram ett eldsoffer till en ljuvlig doft för Herren. 14 När en främling som bor hos er eller någon som vistas ibland er i kommande släkten vill offra ett eldsoffer till en ljuvlig doft för Herren, ska han göra så som ni gör. 15 (C) Inom församlingen ska samma stadga gälla för er och för främlingen hos er, en evig stadga från släkte till släkte. Som det är för er, så ska det vara för främlingen inför Herrens ansikte. 16 Samma lag och samma rätt ska gälla för er och för främlingen som bor hos er.”

17 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 18 ”Tala till Israels barn och säg till dem: När ni kommer in i det land dit jag för er, 19 (D) då ska ni, när ni äter av landets bröd, ge Herren en offergåva av det. 20 (E) Av det första ni bakar ska ni ge en kaka till offergåva, som en offergåva från er loge ska ni ge den. 21 Ni ska ge åt Herren en offergåva, släkte efter släkte, av det första ni bakar.

22 Om ni försyndar er och inte håller alla dessa bud som Herren kungjorde för Mose 23 – allt det som Herren befallde er genom Mose, från den dag då Herren gav sina befallningar och allt framgent, släkte efter släkte, – 24 (F) om det gjordes av misstag utan att församlingen visste det, ska hela församlingen offra en ungtjur som brännoffer, till en ljuvlig doft för Herren, med matoffret och dryckesoffret på föreskrivet sätt, och likaså en bock till syndoffer. 25 Och prästen ska bringa försoning för hela Israels församling, och de ska få förlåtelse. Det var en synd av misstag, och de har burit fram sitt offer, ett eldsoffer åt Herren och sitt syndoffer inför Herrens ansikte för sitt misstag. 26 Hela Israels församling och främlingen som bor bland dem ska få förlåtelse, eftersom hela folket hade del i synden som gjordes av misstag.

27 (G) Om en enskild person av misstag syndar, ska han som syndoffer föra fram en årsgammal get. 28 Prästen ska bringa försoning för den som har felat genom att av misstag synda inför Herrens ansikte. Så blir han försonad och får förlåtelse. 29 Både för den infödde bland Israels barn och för främlingen som bor ibland dem ska samma lag gälla när någon begår en synd av misstag. 30 Men den som begår något med berått mod[e], vare sig han är infödd eller främling, han hånar Herren och ska utrotas ur sitt folk. 31 Eftersom han har föraktat Herrens ord och brutit mot hans bud, måste han utrotas. Hans missgärning vilar på honom.”

En sabbatsbrytare stenas

32 Medan Israels barn var i öknen, ertappades en man med att samla ved på sabbatsdagen. 33 De som ertappade honom med att samla ved förde honom till Mose och Aron och hela församlingen. 34 (H) Då det inte var klart utsagt vad som borde göras med honom, satte de honom i förvar.

35 Och Herren sade till Mose: ”Mannen ska straffas med döden. Hela församlingen ska stena honom utanför lägret.” 36 Då förde hela församlingen ut honom utanför lägret och stenade honom till döds, så som Herren hade befallt Mose.

Hörntofsarna

37 Herren sade till Mose: 38 (I) ”Tala till Israels barn och säg till dem att de, släkte efter släkte, ska göra tofsar[f] i hörnen på sina kläder och sätta ett mörkblått[g] snöre på varje hörntofs. 39 Ni ska ha sådana tofsar, och när ni ser dem ska ni tänka på alla Herrens bud och göra efter dem och inte följa era egna hjärtan och ögon, som lockar er till otrohet. 40 Så ska ni tänka på och göra efter alla mina bud och vara heliga inför er Gud. 41 Jag är Herren er Gud, som förde er ut ur Egyptens land för att vara er Gud. Jag är Herren er Gud.”

Footnotes

  1. 15:4 en tiondels efa … en fjärdedels hin   Ca 2,2 liter mjöl och 1 liter olja och vin.
  2. 15:6 två tiondels efa … en tredjedels hin olja   Ca 4,5 liter mjöl och 1,2 liter olja och vin.
  3. 15:8 gemenskapsoffer   Delades mellan Gud, prästen och offerföljet (se 3 Mos 7:11f). Det var ett festligt tillfälle att äta kött i gemenskap med Gud och varandra (se t ex 5 Mos 27:7, 1 Kung 3:15).
  4. 15:9 tre tiondels efa … en halv hin   Ca 7 liter mjöl och 1,8 liter olja och vin.
  5. 15:30 med berått mod   Ordagrant: ”med upplyft hand”.
  6. 15:38 tofsar   Hebr. tsitsít, en viktig judisk identitetssymbol (jfr Matt 9:20, 14:36, 23:5).
  7. 15:38 mörkblått   Dyrbar färg från feniciska snäckor, förknippad med tabernaklet (2 Mos 26:4) och översteprästens dräkt (2 Mos 28:28, 37).
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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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