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1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
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“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.
3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
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Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before the Lord regularly. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
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He shall arrange the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord regularly.
5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
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“You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
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And you shall set them in two piles, six in a pile, on the table of pure gold before the Lord.
7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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And you shall put pure frankincense on each pile, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion as a food offering to the Lord.
8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
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Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever.
9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
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And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, since it is for him a most holy portion out of the Lord’s food offerings, a perpetual due. ”
10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
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Now an Israelite woman’s son, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the people of Israel. And the Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel fought in the camp,
11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
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and the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. Then they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
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And they put him in custody, till the will of the Lord should be clear to them.
13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
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“Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
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And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
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Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
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“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.
18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
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Whoever takes an animal’s life shall make it good, life for life.
19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
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If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall 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 again.
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fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
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Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death.
22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
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You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the Lord your God. ”
23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and they brought out of the camp the one who had cursed and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
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