Old Testament · Numbers

Numbers 15

Laws about Offerings

1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2"Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land of your dwellings which I give to you, 3and you make a fire-offering to the LORD, a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, or in your appointed times (moedim), to make a soothing aroma to the LORD, from the herd or from the flock, 4then he who brings his offering shall present to the LORD a grain offering of a tenth of fine flour mixed with the fourth of a hin of oil; 5and wine for the drink offering, a fourth of a hin, you shall prepare with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

6Or for a ram you shall prepare a grain offering of fine flour, two tenths, mixed with the third of a hin of oil; 7and wine for the drink offering, a third of a hin, you shall present, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

8And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow or as peace offerings to the LORD, 9then he shall present with the young bull a grain offering of fine flour, three tenths, mixed with half a hin of oil. 10And wine you shall present for the drink offering, half a hin, a fire-offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD. 11Thus shall it be done for each ox, or for each ram, or for a lamb among the sheep, or among the goats. 12According to the number that you prepare, so shall you do for each according to their number.

13Every native-born shall do these things in this way, to present a fire-offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD. 14And when a sojourner sojourns with you, or whoever is among you throughout your generations, and he makes a fire-offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD, as you do, so shall he do. 15For the assembly, one statute^a for you and for the sojourner who sojourns, a statute forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the sojourner be before the LORD. 16One Torah and one judgment^b shall be for you and for the sojourner who sojourns with you.'"

17And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 18"Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land where I am bringing you, 19then it shall be, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall set apart a contribution to the LORD. 20The first of your dough, a cake you shall set apart as a contribution; like the contribution of the threshing floor, so shall you set it apart. 21Of the first of your dough you shall give to the LORD a contribution throughout your generations.

Offerings for Unintentional Sins

22And when you err and do not do all these commandments^c which the LORD has spoken to Moses, 23all that the LORD commanded^d you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded and onward throughout your generations, 24then it shall be, if it is done in error, away from the eyes of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a soothing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and its drink offering according to the judgment, and one male goat for a sin offering.

25And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, a fire-offering to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD for their error. 26And all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the sojourner who sojourns among them; for it happened to all the people in error.

27And if one soul^e sins in error, then it shall offer a female goat in its first year for a sin offering. 28And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that errs, when it sins in error, before the LORD, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven. 29The native-born among the children of Israel, and the sojourner who sojourns among them—one Torah shall be for you, for him who does anything in error.

30But the soul who acts with a high hand, whether native-born or sojourner, he blasphemes the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from the midst of its people. 31Because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken his commandment^f, that soul shall surely be cut off; its iniquity is upon it.'"

A Shabbat-Breaker Stoned

(Exodus 31:12–17)

32And the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man^g gathering wood on the day of the Shabbat. 33And those who found him gathering wood brought him near to Moses and to Aaron and to all the congregation. 34And they put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.

35And the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp."

36And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the LORD commanded Moses.

The Law of Tassels

37And the LORD said to Moses, saying, 38"Speak to the children of Israel and say to them that they make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and they shall put on the fringe of each corner a cord of blue. 39And it shall be for you as a fringe, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and you shall not go about after your own heart and after your own eyes, after which you go whoring;

40so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God. 41I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the LORD your God.'"