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The Third Book of Moses: Leviticus

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- Chapter 24 -

(Exodus 27:20–21)
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and dearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually,
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Without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall set them from evening until morning before the Lord, by a perpetual service and rite in your generations.
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They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.

The Showbread

(Exodus 25:23–30; Exodus 37:10–16)
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Thou shalt take also fine hour, and shalt bake twelve leaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf:
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And thou shalt set them six and six one against another upon the most clean table before the Lord:
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And thou shalt put upon them the dearest frankincense, that the bread may be for a memorial of the oblation of the Lord.
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Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord, being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant:
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And they shall be Aaron’s and his sons’, that they may eat them in the holy place: because it is most holy of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpetual right.

Punishment for Blasphemy

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And behold there went out the son of a woman of Israel, whom she had of an Egyptian, among the children of Israel, and fell at words in the camp with a man of Israel.
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And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he was brought to Moses: (now his mother was called Salumith, the daughter of Dabri, of the tribe of Dan:)
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And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses,
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Saying: Bring forth the blasphemer without the camp, and let them that heard him, put their hands upon his head, and let all the people stone him.
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And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel: the man that curseth his God, shall bear his sin:
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And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die: all the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die.

An Eye for an Eye

(Matthew 5:38–48)
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He that striketh and killeth a man, dying let him die.
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He that killeth a beast, shall make it good, that is to say, shall give beast for beast.
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He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:
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Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer.
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He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished.
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Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God.
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And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and they brought forth him that had blasphemed, without the camp, and they stoned him. And the children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
(Exodus 27:20–21)
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
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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.
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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)
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“You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenths of an ephah(a) shall be in one cake.
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You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before the LORD.
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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.
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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.
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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

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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.
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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.
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They put him in custody until the LORD’s will should be declared to them.
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“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.
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You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
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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)
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“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
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He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
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If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:
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fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.
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He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
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You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am the LORD your God.’”
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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
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