Numbers

Chapter 15

1 The LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,

2 " Speak to the children of Israel , and tell them , ‘ When you have come into the land of your habitations , which I give to you ,

3 and will make an offering by fire to the LORD — a burnt offering , or a sacrifice , to accomplish a vow , or as a free will offering , or in your set feasts , to make a pleasant aroma to the LORD , of the herd , or of the flock —

4 then he who offers his offering shall offer to the LORD a meal offering of one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one fourth of a hin of oil .

5 You shall prepare wine for the drink offering , one fourth of a hin , with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice , for each lamb .

6 "‘ For a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil ;

7 and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine , of a pleasant aroma to the LORD .

8 When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering or for a sacrifice , to accomplish a vow , or for peace offerings to the LORD ,

9 then he shall offer with the bull a meal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil ;

10 and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine , for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD .

11 Thus it shall be done for each bull , for each ram, for each of the male lambs , or of the young goats .

12 According to the number that you shall prepare , so you shall do to everyone according to their number .

13 "‘ All who are native-born shall do these things in this way , in offering an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD .

14 If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you , or whoever may be amongst you throughout your generations , and will offer an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD , as you do , so he shall do .

15 For the assembly , there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner , a statute forever throughout your generations . As you are , so the foreigner shall be before the LORD .

16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you .’"

17 The LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,

18 " Speak to the children of Israel , and tell them , ‘ When you come into the land where I bring you ,

19 then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a wave offering to the LORD .

20 Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a wave offering . As the wave offering of the threshing floor , so you shall heave it .

21 Of the first of your dough , you shall give to the LORD a wave offering throughout your generations .

22 "‘ When you err , and don’t observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses —

23 even all that the LORD has commanded you by Moses , from the day that the LORD gave commandment and onward throughout your generations —

24 then it shall be , if it was done unwittingly , without the knowledge of the congregation , that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering , for a pleasant aroma to the LORD , with its meal offering and its drink offering , according to the ordinance , and one male goat for a sin offering .

25 The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel , and they shall be forgiven ; for it was an error , and they have brought their offering , an offering made by fire to the LORD , and their sin offering before the LORD , for their error .

26 All the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven , as well as the stranger who lives as a foreigner amongst them ; for with regard to all the people , it was done unwittingly .

27 "‘ If a person sins unwittingly , then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering .

28 The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs when he sins unwittingly before the LORD . He shall make atonement for him ; and he shall be forgiven .

29 You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly , for him who is native-born amongst the children of Israel , and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner amongst them .

30 "‘ But the soul who does anything with a high hand , whether he is native-born or a foreigner , blasphemes the LORD . That soul shall be cut off from amongst his people .

31 Because he has despised the LORD ’s word , and has broken his commandment , that soul shall be utterly cut off . His iniquity shall be on him .’"

32 While the children of Israel were in the wilderness , they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day .

33 Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation .

34 They put him in custody , because it had not been declared what should be done to him .

35 The LORD said to Moses , " The man shall surely be put to death . All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp ."

36 All the congregation brought him outside of the camp , and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses .

37 The LORD spoke to Moses , saying,

38 " Speak to the children of Israel , and tell them that they should make themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations , and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue .

39 It shall be to you for a fringe , that you may see it , and remember all the LORD ’s commandments , and do them ; and that you don’t follow your own heart and your own eyes , after which you used to play the prostitute ;

40 so that you may remember and do all my commandments , and be holy to your God.

41 I am the LORD your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt , to be your God : I am the LORD your God ."