¹³Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁴“Take the one who spoke against me outside the camp. Then all the people who heard him must put their hands on his head, and all the people must throw stones at him and kill him. ¹⁵Tell the people of Israel this: ‘If anyone curses his God, he is guilty of sin. ¹⁶Anyone who speaks against the Lord must be put to death; all the people must kill him by throwing stones at him. Foreigners must be punished just like the people born in Israel; if they speak against the Lord, they must be put to death.

¹⁷“ ‘Whoever kills another person must be put to death. ¹⁸Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give that person another animal to take its place. ¹⁹And whoever causes an injury to a neighbor must receive the same kind of injury in return: ²⁰Broken bone for broken bone, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Anyone who injures another person must be injured in the same way in return. ²¹Whoever kills another person’s animal must give that person another animal to take its place. But whoever kills another person must be put to death.

²²“ ‘The law will be the same for the foreigner as for those from your own country. I am the Lord your God.’ ”

²³Then Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and they took the person who had cursed outside the camp and killed him by throwing stones at him. So the people of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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