Leviticus 24

The Lamps

1 b The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly. 3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before the Lord regularly. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. 4 He shall arrange the lamps on the c lampstand of pure gold 1 before the Lord regularly.

Bread for the Tabernacle

5 "You shall take fine flour and bake twelve d loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah 2 shall be in each loaf. 6 And you shall set them in two piles, six in a pile, e on the table of pure gold 3 before the Lord. 7 And you shall put pure frankincense on each pile, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion as a food offering to the Lord. 8 f Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever. 9 And g it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and h they shall eat it in a holy place, since it is for him a most holy portion out of the Lord's food offerings, a perpetual due."

Punishment for Blasphemy

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 fought in the camp, 11 and the Israelite woman's son i blasphemed the j Name, and cursed. Then they k brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12 And l they put him in custody, m till the will of the Lord should be clear to them.

13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 14 n "Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him o lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall p bear his sin. 16 Whoever q blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely 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.

An Eye for an Eye

17 r "Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. 18 s Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life. 19 If anyone injures his neighbor, t as he has done it shall be done to him, 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. 21 s Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, r and whoever kills a person shall be put to death. 22 You shall have the u same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the Lord your God." 23 So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and v they brought out of the camp the one who had cursed and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 27:20 - 21
    You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 31:8
    The table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense.
    Exodus 39:37
    The lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 25:30
    And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 25:23 - 24
    You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
    1 Kings 7:48
    So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord : the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence.
    2 Chronicles 4:19
    So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence.
    2 Chronicles 13:11
    They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.
    Hebrews 9:2
    For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place.
  5. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:32
    Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
    Numbers 4:7
    And over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a cloth of blue and put on it the plates, the dishes for incense, the bowls, and the flagons for the drink offering; the regular showbread also shall be on it.
    2 Chronicles 2:4
    Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of incense of sweet spices before him, and for the regular arrangement of the showbread, and for burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel.
  6. Cross References
    1 Samuel 21:6
    So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.
    Matthew 12:4
    How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
    Mark 2:26
    How he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?
    Luke 6:4
    How he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:16
    And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.
    Leviticus 8:31
    And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
    Leviticus 21:22
    He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things.
    Exodus 29:33
    They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:16
    Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely 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.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 3:14 - 15
    God said to Moses, " I am who I am." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, ' I am has sent me to you.'
    Philippians 2:9
    Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 18:22
    And let them judge the people at all times. Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.
    Exodus 18:26
    And they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 15:34
    They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 18:15 - 16
    And Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
    Numbers 27:5
    Moses brought their case before the Lord.
    Numbers 36:5 - 6
    And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, "The tribe of the people of Joseph is right.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:23
    So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and they brought out of the camp the one who had cursed and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
  14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 13:9
    But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
    Deuteronomy 17:7
    The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:1
    If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjura...
    Leviticus 20:17
    If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his fa...
    Leviticus 20:20
    If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has unc...
    Leviticus 22:9
    They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they ...
    Numbers 9:13
    But if anyone who is clean and is not on a jour...
    Exodus 20:7
    You shall not take the name of the Lord your Go...
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:11
    And the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Na...
    1 Kings 21:10
    And set two worthless men opposite him, and let...
    1 Kings 21:13
    And the two worthless men came in and sat oppos...
    Matthew 26:65 - 66
    Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "...
    Mark 14:63 - 64
    And the high priest tore his garments and said,...
    John 10:33
    The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good wo...
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 9:5 - 6
    And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
    Exodus 21:12
    Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.
    Numbers 35:31
    Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.
    Deuteronomy 19:11 - 12
    But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 21:33 - 34
    When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 21:23 - 25
    But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life.
    Deuteronomy 19:21
    Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
    Matthew 5:38
    "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
    Matthew 7:2
    For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:18
    Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life.
  21. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:17
    Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.
  22. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:34
    You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
    Exodus 12:49
    There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.
    Numbers 15:16
    One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.
  23. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:14
    Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
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