Read the Bible

Laws for Canaan

¹ Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,² "^(C1)Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land ^(F1)where you are to live, which I am giving you,³ then make ^(C1)an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to ^(F1)(C2)fulfill a special vow, or as a freewill offering or in your ^(C3)appointed times, to make a ^(C4)soothing aroma to the LORD, from the herd or from the flock.⁴ '^(C1)The one who presents his offering shall present to the LORD a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a ^(F1)hin of oil,⁵ and you shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one-fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for ^(C1)each lamb.⁶ 'Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil;⁷ and for the drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a soothing aroma to the LORD.⁸ 'When you prepare ^(C1)a bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to ^(F1)fulfill a special vow, or for peace offerings to the LORD,⁹ then you shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-half a hin of oil;¹⁰ and you shall offer as the drink offering one-half a hin of wine as an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD.

¹¹ 'Thus it shall be done for each ox, or for each ram, or for each of the male lambs, or of the goats.¹² 'According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do for everyone according to their number.¹³ 'All who are native shall do these things in this manner, in presenting an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD.

Law of the Sojourner

¹⁷ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,¹⁸ "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land where I bring you,¹⁹ then it shall be, that when you eat of the ^(F1)(C1)food of the land, you shall lift up ^(F2)an offering to the LORD.²⁰ '^(C1)Of the first of your ^(F1)dough you shall lift up a cake as an ^(F2)offering; as ^(C2)the ^(F2)offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up.²¹ 'From the first of your ^(F1)dough you shall give to the LORD an ^(F2)offering throughout your generations.

²² 'But when you ^(C1)unwittingly fail and do not observe all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses,²³ even all that the LORD has commanded you ^(F1)through Moses, from the day when the LORD gave commandment and onward throughout your generations,²⁴ then it shall be, if it is done ^(C1)unintentionally, ^(F1)without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one bull for a burnt offering, as a soothing aroma to the LORD, ^(C2)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.²⁵ 'Then ^(C1)the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they will be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their error.²⁶ 'So all the congregation of the sons of Israel will be forgiven, with the alien who sojourns among them, for it happened to all the people through ^(C1)error.

²⁷ 'Also if one person sins ^(C1)unintentionally, then he shall offer a one year old female goat for a sin offering.²⁸ '^(C1)The priest shall make atonement before the LORD for the person who goes astray when he sins unintentionally, making atonement for him ^(F1)that he may be forgiven.²⁹ 'You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the sons of Israel and for the alien who sojourns among them.³⁰ 'But the person who does anything ^(C1)defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.³¹ 'Because he has ^(C1)despised the word of the LORD and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; ^(C2)his ^(F1)guilt will be on him.'"

Sabbath-breaking Punished

³² Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man ^(C1)gathering wood on the sabbath day.³³ Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation;³⁴ and they put him in ^(F1)custody ^(C1)because it had not been ^(F2)declared what should be done to him.³⁵ Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death; ^(C1)all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp."³⁶ So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him ^(F1)to death with stones, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

³⁷ The LORD also spoke to Moses, saying,³⁸ "Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves ^(C1)tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue.³⁹ "It shall be a tassel for you ^(F1)to look at and ^(C1)remember all the commandments of the LORD, so as to do them and not ^(F2)follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,⁴⁰ so that you may remember to do all My commandments and ^(C1)be holy to your God.⁴¹ "I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD your God."