Numbers 15

₁The LORD gave Moses ₂the following regulations for the people of Israel to observe in the land that he was going to give them. ₃A bull, a ram, a sheep, or a goat may be presented to the LORD as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice in fulfilment of a vow or as a freewill offering or as an offering at your regular religious festivals; the smell of these food offerings is pleasing to the LORD. _4-5Whoever presents a sheep or a goat as a burnt offering to the LORD is to bring with each animal a kilogramme of flour mixed with one litre of olive oil as a grain offering, together with one litre of wine. ₆When a ram is offered, two kilogrammes of flour mixed with 1.5 litres of olive oil are to be presented as a grain offering, ₇together with 1.5 litres of wine. The smell of these sacrifices is pleasing to the LORD. ₈When a bull is offered to the LORD as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice in fulfilment of a vow or as a fellowship offering, ₉a grain offering of three kilogrammes of flour mixed with two litres of olive oil is to be presented, ₁₀together with two litres of wine. The smell of this sacrifice is pleasing to the LORD.

₁₁That is what shall be offered with each bull, ram, sheep, or goat. ₁₂When more than one animal is offered, the accompanying offering is to be increased proportionately. ₁₃All native Israelites are to do this when they present a food offering, a smell pleasing to the LORD. ₁₄And if at any time foreigners living among you, whether on a temporary or a permanent basis, make a food offering, a smell that pleases the LORD, they are to observe the same regulations. ₁₅For all time to come, the same rules are binding on you and on the foreigners who live among you. You and they are alike in the LORD's sight; ₁₆the same laws and regulations apply to you and to them.

₁₇The LORD gave Moses ₁₈the following regulations for the people of Israel to observe in the land that he was going to give them. ₁₉When any food produced there is eaten, some of it is to be set aside as a special contribution to the LORD. ₂₀When you bake bread, the first loaf of the first bread made from the new corn is to be presented as a special contribution to the LORD. This is to be presented in the same way as the special contribution you make from the corn you thresh. ₂₁For all time to come, this special gift is to be given to the LORD from the bread you bake.

₂₂But suppose someone unintentionally fails to keep some of these regulations which the LORD has given Moses. ₂₃And suppose that in the future the community fails to do everything that the LORD commanded through Moses. ₂₄If the mistake was made because of the ignorance of the community, they are to offer a bull as a burnt offering, a smell that pleases the LORD, with the proper grain offering and wine offering. In addition, they are to offer a male goat as a sin offering. ₂₅The priest shall perform the ritual of purification for the community, and they will be forgiven, because the mistake was unintentional and they brought their sin offering as a food offering to the LORD. ₂₆The whole community of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because everyone was involved in the mistake.

₂₇If an individual sins unintentionally, he is to offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering. ₂₈At the altar the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to purify the person from his sin, and he will be forgiven. ₂₉The same regulation applies to all who unintentionally commit a sin, whether they are native Israelites or resident foreigners.

₃₀But any person who sins deliberately, whether he is a native or a foreigner, is guilty of treating the LORD with contempt, and he shall be put to death, ₃₁because he has rejected what the LORD said and has deliberately broken one of his commands. He is responsible for his own death.

₃₂Once, while the Israelites were still in the wilderness, a man was found gathering firewood on the Sabbath. ₃₃He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community, ₃₄and was put under guard, because it was not clear what should be done with him. ₃₅Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must be put to death; the whole community is to stone him to death outside the camp.” ₃₆So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded.

₃₇The LORD commanded Moses ₃₈to say to the people of Israel: “Make tassels on the corners of your garments and put a blue cord on each tassel. You are to do this for all time to come. ₃₉The tassels will serve as reminders, and each time you see them you will remember all my commands and obey them; then you will not turn away from me and follow your own wishes and desires. ₄₀The tassels will remind you to keep all my commands, and you will belong completely to me. ₄₁I am the LORD your God; I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”