24:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
24:1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

24:2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
24:2 "Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

24:3 Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.
24:3 "Outside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; [it shall be] a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

24:4 He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually.
24:4 "He shall keep the lamps in order on the pure [gold] lampstand before the LORD continually.

24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts (of an ephah) shall be in one cake.
24:5 "Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths [of an ephah] shall be [in] each cake.

24:6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.
24:6 "And you shall set them [in] two rows, six [to] a row, on the pure [ gold] table before the LORD.

24:7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
24:7 "And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be a memorial portion for the bread, [even] an offering by fire to the LORD.

24:8 Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
24:8 "Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel.

24:9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.
24:9 "And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the Lord's offerings by fire, [his] portion forever."

24:10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp:
24:10 Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the sons of Israel; and the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel struggled with each other in the camp.

24:11 and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
24:11 And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

24:12 And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah.
24:12 And they put him in custody so that the command of the LORD might be made clear to them.

24:13 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
24:13 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

24:14 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.
24:14 "Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him.

24:15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
24:15 "And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he shall bear his sin.

24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name (of Jehovah), shall be put to death.
24:16 'Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

24:17 And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
24:17 'And if a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death.

24:18 And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.
24:18 'And the one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life.

24:19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:
24:19 'And if a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him:

24:20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.
24:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him.

24:21 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.
24:21 'Thus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but the one who kills a man shall be put to death.

24:22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.
24:22 'There shall be one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.' "

24:23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
24:23 Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.