Old Testament · Leviticus

Leviticus 24

The Oil for the Lamps

(Exodus 27:20–21)

1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2Command^a the sons of Israel, that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to go up continually.

3Outside the veil of the testimony^b, in the tent^c of appointed time (mo-ed), Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before the LORD continually; an everlasting statute^d throughout your generations. 4Upon the pure lampstand he shall arrange the lamps before the LORD continually.

The Showbread

(Exodus 25:23–30; Exodus 37:10–16)

5And you shall take fine flour and bake it, twelve cakes; two tenths shall be in the one cake. 6And you shall set them in two rows, six to the row, upon the pure table before the LORD. 7And you shall put upon the row pure frankincense, and it shall be for the bread a memorial, a fire-offering to the LORD.

8On the Shabbat day, on the Shabbat day, he shall arrange it before the LORD continually; from the sons of Israel, an everlasting covenant^e. 9And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him of the fire-offerings of the LORD, an everlasting statute^f.

Punishment for Blasphemy

10And the son of an Israelite woman^g went out, and he was the son of an Egyptian man^h, in the midst of the sons of Israel; and the son of the Israelite woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp. 11And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

12And they put him in custody, to declare to them at the mouth of the LORD.

13And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 14Bring out the one who cursed to outside the camp, and let all who heard lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

15And to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying: Any man, when he curses his God, shall bear his sin. 16And he who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall surely stone him; as the stranger, so the native, when he blasphemes the Name, he shall be put to death.

An Eye for an Eye

(Matthew 5:38–48)

17And a man, when he strikes any soulⁱ of man^j, shall surely be put to death. 18And he who strikes the soul of a beast shall make it good: soul for soul. 19And a man, when he gives a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him: 20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he gives a blemish in the man, so shall it be given in him.

21And he who strikes a beast shall make it good; and he who strikes a man shall be put to death. 22One judgment^k shall be for you; as the stranger, so the native it shall be; for I am the LORD your God.

23And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought out the one who cursed to outside the camp, and stoned him with a stone. And the sons of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.