24Leviticus 24

Caring for the Lamps

1The Lord told MosesSelect Leviticus 24:1

2to say to the community of Israel: You must supply the purest olive oil for the lamps in the sacred tent, so they will keep burning.Select Leviticus 24:2

4Aaron will set up the gold lampstand in the holy place of the sacred tent. Then he will light the seven lamps that must be kept burning there in my presence, every night from now on. This law will never change.Select Leviticus 24:4

The Sacred Bread / The said:

5Use your finest flour to bake twelve loaves of bread about two kilograms each,Select Leviticus 24:5

6then take them into the sacred tent and lay them on the gold table in two rows of six loaves.Select Leviticus 24:6

7Alongside each row put some pure incense that will be sent up by fire in place of the bread as an offering to me.Select Leviticus 24:7

8Aaron must lay fresh loaves on the table each Sabbath, and priests in all generations must continue this practice as part of Israel's agreement with me.Select Leviticus 24:8

9This bread will always belong to Aaron and his family; it is very holy because it was offered to me, and it must be eaten in a holy place.Select Leviticus 24:9

Punishment for Cursing the

11Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the tribe of Dan, had married an Egyptian, and they had a son. One day their son got into a fight with an Israelite man in camp and cursed the name of the Lord. So the young man was dragged off to Moses,Select Leviticus 24:11

12who had him guarded while everyone waited for the Lord to tell them what to do.Select Leviticus 24:12

13Finally, the Lord said to Moses:Select Leviticus 24:13

14This man has cursed me! Take him outside the camp and tell the witnesses to lay their hands on his head. Then command the whole community of Israel to stone him to death.Select Leviticus 24:14

16And warn the others that everyone else who curses me will die in the same way, whether they are Israelites by birth or foreigners living among you.Select Leviticus 24:16

17Death is also the penalty for murder,Select Leviticus 24:17

18but the killing of an animal that belongs to someone else requires only that the animal be replaced.Select Leviticus 24:18

19Personal injuries to others must be dealt with in keeping with the crime—Select Leviticus 24:19

20a broken bone for a broken bone, an eye for an eye, or a tooth for a tooth.Select Leviticus 24:20

21It's possible to pay the owner for an animal that has been killed, but death is the penalty for murder.Select Leviticus 24:21

22I am the Lord your God, and I demand equal justice both for you Israelites and for those foreigners who live among you.Select Leviticus 24:22

23When Moses finished speaking, the people did what the Lord had told Moses, and they stoned to death the man who had cursed the Lord.Select Leviticus 24:23