24:1 The LORD said to Moses,
24:1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

24:2 "Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning continually.
24:2 Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.

24:3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.
24:3 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.

24:4 He shall keep the lamps in order upon the lampstand of pure gold before the LORD continually.
24:4 He shall set up the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the LORD regularly.

24:5 "And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.
24:5 You shall take choice flour, and bake twelve loaves of it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.

24:6 And you shall set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the table of pure gold.
24:6 You shall place them in two rows, six in a row, on the table of pure gold.

24:7 And you shall put pure frankincense with each row, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion to be offered by fire to the LORD.
24:7 You shall put pure frankincense with each row, to be a token offering for the bread, as an offering by fire to the LORD.

24:8 Every sabbath day Aaron shall set it in order before the LORD continually on behalf of the people of Israel as a covenant for ever.
24:8 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.

24:9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, since it is for him a most holy portion out of the offerings by fire to the LORD, a perpetual due."
24:9 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.

24:10 Now an Israelite woman's son, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the people of Israel; and the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel quarreled in the camp,
24:10 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.

24:11 and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelo'mith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
24:11 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--

24:12 And they put him in custody, till the will of the LORD should be declared to them.
24:12 and they put him in custody, until the decision of the LORD should be made clear to them.

24:13 And the LORD said to Moses,
24:13 The LORD said to Moses, saying:

24:14 "Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
24:14 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.

24:15 And say to the people of Israel, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
24:15 And speak to the people of Israel, saying: Anyone who curses God shall bear the sin.

24:16 He who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him; the sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
24:16 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.

24:17 He who kills a man shall be put to death.
24:17 Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.

24:18 He who kills a beast shall make it good, life for life.
24:18 Anyone who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.

24:19 When a man causes a disfigurement in his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him,
24:19 Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return:

24:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has disfigured a man, he shall be disfigured.
24:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered.

24:21 He who kills a beast shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
24:21 One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it; but one who kills a human being shall be put to death.

24:22 You shall have one law for the sojourner and for the native; for I am the LORD your God."
24:22 You shall have one law for the alien and for the citizen: for I am the LORD your God.

24:23 So Moses spoke to the people of Israel; and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
24:23 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.