The Third Book of Moses: Leviticus

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- Chapter 24 -

(Exodus 27:20–21)

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may bring to you clear oil from the purest olives, in order to supply the lamps continuously

outside the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall place these, from evening until morning, before the Lord, as a perpetual worship and ritual in your generations.

They shall be placed upon the most pure candlestick in the sight of the Lord always.

The Showbread

(Exodus 25:23–30; Exodus 37:10–16)

You shall also receive fine wheat flour, and you shall bake twelve loaves from it, each loaf of which shall have two-tenths.

And you shall arrange them, six on each side, upon the most pure table before the Lord.

And you shall place upon them the clearest frankincense, so that the bread may be a memorial of oblation for the Lord.

On each Sabbath, they shall be changed before the Lord, having been received from the sons of Israel as an everlasting covenant.

And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, so that they may eat these in the holy place; for it is the Holy of holies from the sacrifices of the Lord, as a perpetual right.

Punishment for Blasphemy

Then, behold, the son of an Israelite woman, whom she had born of an Egyptian man among the sons of Israel, going out, was quarreling in the camp with a man of Israel.

And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he was led to Moses. (Now his mother was called Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the tribe of Dan.)

And they sent him to prison, until they might know what the Lord would command,

who spoke to Moses,

saying: Lead away the blasphemer beyond the camp, and let all who heard him place their hands upon his head, and let the entire people stone him.

And you shall say to the sons of Israel: The man who curses his God shall bear his sin,

and whoever will have blasphemed the name of the Lord shall be put to death. The entire multitude shall overwhelm him with stones, whether he be a citizen or a sojourner. Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death.

An Eye for an Eye

(Matthew 5:38–48)

Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death.

Whoever will have struck down an animal shall repay its equivalent, that is, a life for a life.

Whoever will have inflicted a blemish on any of his citizens, just as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he repay. Whatever degree of blemish he has inflicted, so shall he be compelled to suffer.

Whoever strikes down a beast, shall repay another. Whoever strikes a man shall be punished.

Let there be equal judgment among you, whether it is a sojourner or a citizen who will have sinned. For I am the Lord your God.

And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel. And they led away him who had blasphemed, beyond the camp, and they overwhelmed him with stones. And the sons of Israel did just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

(Exodus 27:20–21)

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold lamp stand before the LORD continually.

The Showbread

(Exodus 25:23–30; Exodus 37:10–16)

“You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenths of an ephah(a) shall be in one cake.

You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before the LORD.

You shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually. It is an everlasting covenant on the behalf of the children of Israel.

It shall be for Aaron and his sons. They shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.”

Punishment for Blasphemy

The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp.

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

They put him in custody until the LORD’s will should be declared to them.

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“Bring him who cursed out of the camp; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

He who blasphemes the LORD’s name, he shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him. The foreigner as well as the native-born shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name.

An Eye for an Eye

(Matthew 5:38–48)

“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.

If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.

He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am the LORD your God.’”

Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Footnotes

(a)24:5 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel