Good News Translation GNT
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1 The Lord gave Moses
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 the following regulations for the people of Israel to observe in the land that he was going to give them.
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
3 A bull, a ram, a sheep, or a goat may be presented to the Lord as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice in fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering or as an offering at your regular religious festivals; the odor of these food offerings is pleasing to the Lord.
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and will make an offering by fire to the LORD—a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free will offering, or in your set feasts, to make a pleasant aroma to the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock—
4 Whoever presents a sheep or a goat as a burnt offering to the Lord is to bring with each animal 2 pounds of flour mixed with 2 pints of olive oil as a grain offering, together with 2 pints of wine.
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then he who offers his offering shall offer to the LORD a meal offering of one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one fourth of a hin of oil.
6 When a ram is offered, 4 pounds of flour mixed with 3 pints of olive oil are to be presented as a grain offering,
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“‘For a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil;
7 together with 3 pints of wine. The odor of these sacrifices is pleasing to the Lord.
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and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
8 When a bull is offered to the Lord as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice in fulfillment of a vow or as a fellowship offering,
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When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings to the LORD,
9 a grain offering of 6 pounds of flour mixed with 4 pints of olive oil is to be presented,
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then he shall offer with the bull a meal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil;
10 together with 4 pints of wine. The odor of this sacrifice is pleasing to the Lord.
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and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
11 That is what shall be offered with each bull, ram, sheep, or goat.
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Thus it shall be done for each bull, for each ram, for each of the male lambs, or of the young goats.
12 When more than one animal is offered, the accompanying offering is to be increased proportionately.
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According to the number that you shall prepare, so you shall do to everyone according to their number.
13 All native Israelites are to do this when they present a food offering, an odor pleasing to the Lord.
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“‘All who are native-born shall do these things in this way, in offering an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
14 And if at any time foreigners living among you, whether on a temporary or a permanent basis, make a food offering, an odor that pleases the Lord, they are to observe the same regulations.
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If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or whoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD, as you do, so he shall do.
15 For all time to come, the same rules are binding on you and on the foreigners who live among you. You and they are alike in the Lord's sight;
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For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner, a statute forever throughout your generations. As you are, so the foreigner shall be before the LORD.
16 the same laws and regulations apply to you and to them.
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One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.’”
17 The Lord gave Moses
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
18 the following regulations for the people of Israel to observe in the land that he was going to give them.
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land where I bring you,
19 When any food produced there is eaten, some of it is to be set aside as a special contribution to the Lord.
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then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a wave offering to the LORD.
20 When you bake bread, the first loaf of the first bread made from the new grain is to be presented as a special contribution to the Lord. This is to be presented in the same way as the special contribution you make from the grain you thresh.
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Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a wave offering. As the wave offering of the threshing floor, so you shall heave it.
21 For all time to come, this special gift is to be given to the Lord from the bread you bake.
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Of the first of your dough, you shall give to the LORD a wave offering throughout your generations.
22 But suppose someone unintentionally fails to keep some of these regulations which the Lord has given Moses.
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“‘When you err, and don’t observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses—
23 And suppose that in the future the community fails to do everything that the Lord commanded through Moses.
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even all that the LORD has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment and onward throughout your generations—
24 If the mistake was made because of the ignorance of the community, they are to offer a bull as a burnt offering, an odor that pleases the Lord, with the proper grain offering and wine offering. In addition, they are to offer a male goat as a sin offering.
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then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma to the LORD, with its meal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
25 The priest shall perform the ritual of purification for the community, and they will be forgiven, because the mistake was unintentional and they brought their sin offering as a food offering to the Lord.
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The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their error.
26 The whole community of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because everyone was involved in the mistake.
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All the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, as well as the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them; for with regard to all the people, it was done unwittingly.
27 If any of you sin unintentionally, you are to offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering.
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“‘If a person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
28 At the altar the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to purify you from your sin, and you will be forgiven.
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The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs when he sins unwittingly before the LORD. He shall make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
29 The same regulation applies to all who unintentionally commit a sin, whether they are native Israelites or resident foreigners.
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You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.
30 But any who sin deliberately, whether they are natives or foreigners, are guilty of treating the Lord with contempt, and they shall be put to death,
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“‘But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That soul shall be cut off from among his people.
31 because they have rejected what the Lord said and have deliberately broken one of his commands. They are responsible for their own death.
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Because he has despised the LORD’s word, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall be utterly cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.’”
32 Once, while the Israelites were still in the wilderness, a man was found gathering firewood on the Sabbath.
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While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
33 He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community,
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Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
34 and was put under guard, because it was not clear what should be done with him.
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They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
35 Then the Lord said to Moses, "The man must be put to death; the whole community is to stone him to death outside the camp."
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The LORD said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.”
36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded.
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All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses.
37 The Lord commanded Moses
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
38 to say to the people of Israel: "Make tassels on the corners of your garments and put a blue cord on each tassel. You are to do this for all time to come.
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue.
39 The tassels will serve as reminders, and each time you see them you will remember all my commands and obey them; then you will not turn away from me and follow your own wishes and desires.
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It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may see it, and remember all the LORD’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the prostitute;
40 The tassels will remind you to keep all my commands, and you will belong completely to me.
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so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
41 I am the Lord your God; I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord."
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I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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