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Good News Translation GNT
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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The Lord gave Moses
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
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the following regulations for the people of Israel to observe in the land that he was going to give them.
3 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
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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.
4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
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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.
5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
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When a ram is offered, 4 pounds of flour mixed with 3 pints of olive oil are to be presented as a grain offering,
7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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together with 3 pints of wine. The odor of these sacrifices is pleasing to the Lord.
8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
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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,
9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
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a grain offering of 6 pounds of flour mixed with 4 pints of olive oil is to be presented,
10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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together with 4 pints of wine. The odor of this sacrifice is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
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That is what shall be offered with each bull, ram, sheep, or goat.
12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
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When more than one animal is offered, the accompanying offering is to be increased proportionately.
13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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All native Israelites are to do this when they present a food offering, an odor pleasing to the Lord.
14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
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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.
15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
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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;
16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
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the same laws and regulations apply to you and to them.
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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The Lord gave Moses
18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
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the following regulations for the people of Israel to observe in the land that he was going to give them.
19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
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When any food produced there is eaten, some of it is to be set aside as a special contribution to the Lord.
20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
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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.
21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.
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For all time to come, this special gift is to be given to the Lord from the bread you bake.
22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
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But suppose someone unintentionally fails to keep some of these regulations which the Lord has given Moses.
23 Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;
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And suppose that in the future the community fails to do everything that the Lord commanded through Moses.
24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
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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.
25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
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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.
26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
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The whole community of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because everyone was involved in the mistake.
27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
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If any of you sin unintentionally, you are to offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering.
28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
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At the altar the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to purify you from your sin, and you will be forgiven.
29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
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The same regulation applies to all who unintentionally commit a sin, whether they are native Israelites or resident foreigners.
30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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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,
31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
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because they have rejected what the Lord said and have deliberately broken one of his commands. They are responsible for their own death.
32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
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Once, while the Israelites were still in the wilderness, a man was found gathering firewood on the Sabbath.
33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
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He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community,
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
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and was put under guard, because it was not clear what should be done with him.
35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
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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."
36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded.
37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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The Lord commanded Moses
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
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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.
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
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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.
40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
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The tassels will remind you to keep all my commands, and you will belong completely to me.
41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
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I am the Lord your God; I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord."
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.