New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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And the Lord said to Moses,
2 Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.
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Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning at all times,
3 Aaron shall set it up in the tent of meeting, outside the curtain of the covenant, to burn from evening to morning before the Lord regularly; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
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Outside the veil of the ark in the Tent of meeting; let Aaron see that it is burning from evening till morning at all times before the Lord: it is a rule for ever through all your generations.
4 He shall set up the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord regularly.
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Let Aaron put the lights in order on the support before the Lord at all times.
5 You shall take choice flour, and bake twelve loaves of it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
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And take the best meal and make twelve cakes of it, a fifth part of an ephah in every cake.
6 You shall place them in two rows, six in a row, on the table of pure gold.
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And put them in two lines, six in a line, on the holy table before the Lord.
7 You shall put pure frankincense with each row, to be a token offering for the bread, as an offering by fire to the Lord.
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And on the lines of cakes put clean sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
8 Every sabbath day Aaron shall set them in order before the Lord regularly as a commitment of the people of Israel, as a covenant forever.
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Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.
9 They shall be for Aaron and his descendants, who shall eat them in a holy place, for they are most holy portions for him from the offerings by fire to the Lord, a perpetual due.
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And it will be for Aaron and his sons; they are to take it for food in a holy place: it is the most holy of all the offerings made by fire to the Lord, a rule for ever.
10 A man whose mother was an Israelite and whose father was an Egyptian came out among the people of Israel; and the Israelite woman's son and a certain Israelite began fighting in the camp.
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And a son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel and had a fight with a man of Israel by the tents;
11 The Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name in a curse. And they brought him to Moses—now his mother's name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan—
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And the son of the Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
12 and they put him in custody, until the decision of the Lord should be made clear to them.
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And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.
13 The Lord said to Moses, saying:
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And the Lord said to Moses,
14 Take the blasphemer outside the camp; and let all who were within hearing lay their hands on his head, and let the whole congregation stone him.
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Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.
15 And speak to the people of Israel, saying: Anyone who curses God shall bear the sin.
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And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.
16 One who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death; the whole congregation shall stone the blasphemer. Aliens as well as citizens, when they blaspheme the Name, shall be put to death.
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And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.
17 Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.
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And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
18 Anyone who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.
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And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.
19 Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return:
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And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;
20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered.
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Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.
21 One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it; but one who kills a human being shall be put to death.
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He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.
22 You shall have one law for the alien and for the citizen: for I am the Lord your God.
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You are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God.
23 Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel; and they took the blasphemer outside the camp, and stoned him to death. The people of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, and they took the man who had been cursing outside the tent-circle and had him stoned. The children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
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