8 This bread is to be set out before the LORD regularly, Sabbath after Sabbath, on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant. |
9 It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, because it is a most holy part of their regular share of the offerings made to the LORD by fire."
A Blasphemer Stoned |
10 Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. |
11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.) |
12 They put him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them. |
13 Then the LORD said to Moses: |
14 "Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. |
15 Say to the Israelites: 'If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible; |
16 anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death. |
17 " 'If anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death. |
18 Anyone who takes the life of someone's animal must make restitution-life for life. |
19 If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: |
20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured. |
21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death. |
22 You are to have the same law for the alien and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.' " |
23 Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. The Israelites did as the LORD commanded Moses. |
