| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: | 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 2“Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually. | 2"Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. |
| 3Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the tabernacle of meeting, Aaron shall be in charge of it from evening until morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a statute forever in your generations. | 3"Outside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. |
| 4He shall be in charge of the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually. | 4"He shall keep the lamps in order on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually. |
| 5“And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. | 5"Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. |
| 6You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the LORD. | 6"You shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the LORD. |
| 7And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, an offering made by fire to the LORD. | 7"You shall put pure frankincense on each row that it may be a memorial portion for the bread, even an offering by fire to the LORD. |
| 8Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. | 8"Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel. |
| 9And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the offerings of the LORD made by fire, by a perpetual statute.” | 9"It shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the LORD'S offerings by fire, his portion forever." |
| 10Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and this Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel fought each other in the camp. | 10Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the sons of Israel; and the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel struggled with each other in the camp. |
| 11And the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name of the LORD and cursed; and so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) | 11The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) |
| 12Then they put him in custody, that the mind of the LORD might be shown to them. | 12They put him in custody so that the command of the LORD might be made clear to them. |
| 13And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 13Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 14“Take outside the camp him who has cursed; then let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. | 14"Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him. |
| 15“Then you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. | 15"You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin. |
| 16And whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as well as him who is born in the land. When he blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall be put to death. | 16'Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. |
| 17‘Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death. | 17'If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death. |
| 18Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal. | 18'The one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life. |
| 19‘If a man causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him— | 19'If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: |
| 20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused disfigurement of a man, so shall it be done to him. | 20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him. |
| 21And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death. | 21'Thus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but the one who kills a man shall be put to death. |
| 22You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the LORD your God.’ ” | 22'There shall be one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.'" |
| 23Then Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they took outside the camp him who had cursed, and stoned him with stones. So the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. | 23Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
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