A Blasphemer Put to Death
10 Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
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The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)
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They put him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
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Then the LORD said to Moses:
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“Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him.
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Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who curses their God will be held responsible;
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anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD is to be put to death. The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they blaspheme the Name they are to be put to death.
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“ ‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.
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Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution—life for life.
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Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner:
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fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.
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Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.
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You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.’ ”
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Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. The Israelites did as the LORD commanded Moses.