Numbers 15

Various Sacrifices and Offerings

15Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to the Israelites^a and say to them, ‘When you come into the land of your dwellings that I am about to give to you, ³you will make an offering by fire for Yahweh from the cattle or from the flock, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a freewill offering or at your feasts, to make a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh. ⁴And the one who presents an offering^b for Yahweh, he will present a grain offering of finely milled flour; a tenth will be mixed with a fourth of the liquid measure of oil; ⁵and you will add a fourth of wine for the libation upon the burnt offering, or to the sacrifice for each ram-lamb. ⁶Or for the ram you will make a grain offering of two-tenths of finely milled flour mixed into a third of a liquid measure of oil. ⁷You will present a third of the liquid measure of wine for the libation, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh. ⁸When you prepare a bull^c as a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or a fellowship offering for Yahweh, ⁹you will present with the bull^d a grain offering of three-tenths of finely milled flour mixed with half a liquid measure of oil, ¹⁰and you will present half a liquid measure of wine as a libation, as an offering made by fire, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh.

¹¹“ ‘This is how it should be done for each bull, or for the each ram, or for the small four-footed mammal, or ram-lambs, or goats. ¹²According to the number that you prepare, so should you do to each according to their number. ¹³Every native must do these things to present an offering made by fire, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh. ¹⁴If an alien dwells among you, or whoever is in your midst throughout your generations,^e and prepares an offering made by fire, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh, he should do as you do. ¹⁵For the assembly, there will be one decree for you and for the alien who dwells among you; it is an eternal decree for all your generations. You as well as the alien^f will be before Yahweh.^{g 16}There will be one law and one stipulation for you and for the alien dwelling among you.’ ”

¹⁷Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸“Speak to the Israelites^h and say to them, ‘When you come into the land to which I am about to bring you, ¹⁹whenever you eat from the food of the land, you will lift up a contribution to Yahweh. ²⁰You must lift up a contribution of the first batch of your ring-shaped dough bread; you must lift it up as a contribution of the threshing floor. ²¹You will give to Yahweh a contribution from the first of your dough throughout your generations.ⁱ

²²“ ‘But if you go astray and you do not follow^j all these commandments that Yahweh commanded to Moses, ²³all that Yahweh commanded you by the hand of Moses^k from the day that Yahweh commanded and beyond, throughout your generations,^{l 24}and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge^m of the community, then the entire community must prepare one young bullⁿ as a burnt offering, as a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh, and its grain offering and its libation, according to the stipulation, and one male goat as a sin offering. ²⁵The priest will make atonement for all of the community of the Israelites,^o and they will be forgiven^p because it was unintentional; they will bring their offering, an offering made by fire for Yahweh, their sin offering before Yahweh^q for their unintentional sin. ²⁶All of the community of the Israelites^r will be forgiven, as well as the alien that dwells in their midst, because the whole community was involved in the unintentional wrong.

²⁷“ ‘If one person sins unintentionally, that person will present a female goat in its first year^s as a sin offering. ²⁸And the priest will make atonement for the person who sinned unintentionally^t before Yahweh,^u to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. ²⁹For the native among the Israelites^v and the alien that dwells in their midst, there will be one law for anyone who commits an unintentional wrong. ³⁰But the one who acts presumptuously^w from among the native or alien blasphemes against Yahweh, and that person must be cut off from the midst of the people. ³¹Because he despised the word of Yahweh and broke his command, that person will be surely cut off and bear the guilt.’ ”

Violation of the Sabbath

³²When the Israelites^x were in the desert, they found a man who was gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath. ³³The ones who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and to all the community. ³⁴And they put him under watch because it was not made clear what should be done to him. ³⁵And Yahweh said to Moses, “Surely the man must be put to death by stoning him; all the community must stone him with stones from outside the camp.” ³⁶So the entire community brought him out to a place outside the camp, and they stoned him to death^y just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Garment Fringes

³⁷Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁸“Speak to the Israelites,^z and tell them to make for themselves tassels^a on the hems of their garments throughout their generations^b and to put a blue cord on the tassel of the hem. ³⁹You will have a tassel for you to look at^c and remember all the commands of Yahweh and do them, and not follow after the unfaithfulness of your own heart and eyes,^{d 40}so that you will remember and do all my commandments, and you will be holy for your God. ⁴¹I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.”