The Oil for the Lamps (Exodus 27:20–21)
1 Brenton And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 Brenton Charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to burn a lamp continually, BSB BSB: “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
3 Brenton outside the veil in the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall burn it from evening until morning before the Lord continually, a perpetual statute throughout your generations. BSB BSB: Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.
4 Brenton Ye shall burn the lamps on the pure lamp-stand before the Lord till the morrow. BSB BSB: He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
The Showbread (Exodus 25:23–30; Exodus 37:10–16)
5 Brenton And ye shall take fine flour, and make of it twelve loaves; each loaf shall be of two tenth parts. BSB BSB: You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
6 Brenton And ye shall put them in two rows, each row containing six loaves, on the pure table before the Lord. BSB BSB: and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
7 Brenton And ye shall put on each row pure frankincense and salt; and these things shall be for loaves for a memorial, set forth before the Lord. BSB BSB: And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD.
8 Brenton On the sabbath-day they shall be set forth before the Lord continually before the children of Israel, for an everlasting covenant. BSB BSB: Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
9 Brenton And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat them in the holy place: for this is their most holy portion of the offerings made to the Lord, a perpetual statute. BSB BSB: It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD—his portion forever.”
Punishment for Blasphemy 10 Brenton And there went forth a son of an Israelitish woman, and he was son of an Egyptian man among the sons of Israel; and they fought in the camp, the son of the Israelitish woman, and a man who was an Israelite. BSB BSB: 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.
11 Brenton And the son of the Israelitish woman named THE NAME and cursed; and they brought him to Moses: and his mother's name was Salomith, daughter of Dabri of the tribe of Dan. BSB BSB: The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
12 Brenton And they put him in ward, to judge him by the command of the Lord. BSB BSB: They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
13 Brenton And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
14 Brenton Bring forth him that cursed outside the camp, and all who heard shall lay their hands upon his head, and all the congregation shall stone him. BSB BSB: “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
15 Brenton And speak to the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosoever shall curse God shall bear his sin. BSB BSB: And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
16 Brenton And he that names the name of the Lord, let him die the death: let all the congregation of Israel stone him with stones; whether he be a stranger or a native, let him die for naming the name of the Lord. BSB BSB: Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
An Eye for an Eye (Matthew 5:38–48)
17 Brenton And whosoever shall smite a man and he die, let him die the death. BSB BSB: And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
18 Brenton And whosoever shall smite a beast, and it shall die, let him render life for life. BSB BSB: Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
19 Brenton And whosoever shall inflict a blemish on his neighbour, as he has done to him, so shall it be done to himself in return; BSB BSB: If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
20 Brenton bruise for bruise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as any one may inflict a blemish on a man, so shall it be rendered to him. BSB BSB: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
21 Brenton Whosoever shall smite a man, and he shall die, let him die the death. BSB BSB: Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
22 Brenton There shall be one judgment for the stranger and the native, for I am the Lord your God. BSB BSB: You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
23 Brenton And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones: and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses. BSB BSB: Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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