Leviticus 24 - Introduction

1 The oyle for the lampes.

5 The Shewbread.

10 Shelomiths sonne blasphemeth.

13 The Law of Blasphemie.

17 Of Murther.

18 Of Damage.

23 The blasphemer is stoned.

[The Shewbread.]

1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring vnto thee pure oyle Oliue, beaten, for the light, [Note: Hebrew: to cause to ascend.] to cause the lampes to burne continually.

3 Without the Uaile of the Testimonie, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, shal Aaron order it from the euening vnto the morning, before the Lord continually: It shall be a Statute for euer in your generations.

4 He shall order the lampes vpon [Note: Exodus 31:8.] the pure Candlesticke before the Lord continually.

5 And thou shalt take fine flowre, and bake twelue [Note: Exodus 25:30.] cakes thereof: two tenth deales shall be in one cake.

6 And thou shalt set them in two rowes, sixe on a row vpon the pure Table, before the Lord.

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense vpon ech row, that it may bee on the bread for a memorial, euen an offering made by fire vnto the Lord.

8 Euery Sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an euerlasting couenant.

9 And [Note: Exodus 29:33; Leviticus 8:31; Matthew 12:1; Matthew 12:5.] it shall be Aarons and his sonnes, and they shall eate it in the holy place: for it is most holy vnto him, of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, by a perpetuall statute.

10 And the sonne of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this sonne of the Israelitish woman, and a man of Israel stroue together in the campe.

11 And the Israelitish womans sonne blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed, and they brought him vnto Moses: and his mothers name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

12 And they [Note: Numbers 15:34.] put him in ward, [Note: Hebrew: to expound vnto them according to the mouth of the LORD.] that the minde of the Lord might bee shewed them.

13 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

14 Bring forth him that hath cursed, without the Campe, and let all that heard him, [Note: Deuteronomy 13:9; Deuteronomy 17:7.] lay their hands vpon his head, and let all the Congregation stone him.

15 And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer

[Against murder.]

curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.

16 And hee that blasphemeth the Name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the Congregation shall certainely stone him: Aswell the stranger, as he that is borne in the land, when he blasphemeth the Name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

17 [Note: Exodus 21:12; Deuteronomy 19:21.] And he that [Note: Hebrew: smiteth the life of a man.] killeth any man, shall surely be put to death.

18 And he that killeth a beast, shall make it good; [Note: Hebrew: life for life.] beast for beast.

19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as [Note: Exodus 21:24; Deuteronomy 19:21; Matthew 5:38.] he hath done, so shal it be done to him:

20 Breach, for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him againe.

21 And hee that killeth a beast, hee shall restore it: and hee that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

22 Ye shall haue [Note: Exodus 12:49.] one maner of law, aswell for the stranger, as for one of your owne countrey: for I am the Lord your God.

23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring foorth him that had cursed, out of the Campe, and stone him with stones: and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.