English Bible Presentation Sharing - Leviticus Book, chapter 24, verse 43 in Erven Version

Leviticus 24 : 1 (ERVEN)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 24 : 2 (ERVEN)

"Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil from crushed olives. That oil is for the lamps that must burn without stopping.

Leviticus 24 : 3 (ERVEN)

Aaron will keep the light burning in the Meeting Tent before the Lord from evening until morning. This light will be outside the curtain that hangs in front of the Box that holds the Agreement. This law will continue forever.

Leviticus 24 : 4 (ERVEN)

Aaron must always keep the lamps burning on the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord.

Leviticus 24 : 5 (ERVEN)

"Take fine flour and bake twelve loaves with it. Use 16 cups of flour for each loaf.

Leviticus 24 : 6 (ERVEN)

Put them in two rows on the golden table before the Lord. Six loaves will be in each row.

Leviticus 24 : 7 (ERVEN)

Put pure frankincense on each row. This will help the Lord remember the gift.

Leviticus 24 : 8 (ERVEN)

Every Sabbath day Aaron will put the bread in order before the Lord. This must be done forever. This agreement with the Israelites will continue forever.

Leviticus 24 : 9 (ERVEN)

That bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat the bread in a holy place, because that bread is one of the special gifts to the Lord. It is Aaron's share forever."

Leviticus 24 : 10 (ERVEN)

There was a son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian father. He was walking among the Israelites, and he started fighting in camp.

Leviticus 24 : 11 (ERVEN)

The Israelite woman's son began cursing and saying bad things about the Lord's name, so the people brought him to Moses. (The name of the man's mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan.)

Leviticus 24 : 12 (ERVEN)

The people held him as a prisoner and waited for the Lord's command to be made clear to them.

Leviticus 24 : 13 (ERVEN)

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 24 : 14 (ERVEN)

"Bring the man who cursed to a place outside the camp. Then bring together everyone who heard him curse. They will put their hands on his head. And then all the people must throw stones at him and kill him.

Leviticus 24 : 15 (ERVEN)

You must tell the Israelites: Anyone who curses their God must be punished.

Leviticus 24 : 16 (ERVEN)

Anyone who speaks against the name of the Lord must be put to death. All the people must stone him. Foreigners must be punished just as the person who was born in Israel. Anyone who curses the Lord's name must be put to death.

Leviticus 24 : 17 (ERVEN)

"And whoever kills another person must be put to death.

Leviticus 24 : 18 (ERVEN)

Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give another animal to take its place.

Leviticus 24 : 19 (ERVEN)

"And whoever causes an injury to their neighbor must be given the same kind of injury:

Leviticus 24 : 20 (ERVEN)

A broken bone for a broken bone, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. The same kind of injury a person gives another person must be given that person.

Leviticus 24 : 21 (ERVEN)

Whoever kills an animal must pay for the animal. But whoever kills another person must be put to death.

Leviticus 24 : 22 (ERVEN)

"The law will be the same for foreigners and for people from your own country. This is because I am the Lord your God."

Leviticus 24 : 23 (ERVEN)

Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the man who cursed to a place outside the camp. Then they killed him with stones. So the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded Moses.