Numbers 15

Supplementary Offerings

15The Lord said to Moses, ²“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘After you enter the land I am giving you^x as a home ³and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock,^y as an aroma pleasing to the Lord^z—whether burnt offerings^a or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings^b or festival offerings^c—⁴then the person who brings an offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering^d of a tenth of an ephah^a of the finest flour^e mixed with a quarter of a hin^b of olive oil. ⁵With each lamb^f for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine^g as a drink offering.^h

⁶“ ‘With a ramⁱ prepare a grain offering^j of two-tenths of an ephah^ck of the finest flour mixed with a third of a hin^d of olive oil,^{l 7}and a third of a hin of wine^m as a drink offering.ⁿ Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.^o

⁸“ ‘When you prepare a young bull^p as a burnt offering or sacrifice, for a special vow^q or a fellowship offering^r to the Lord, ⁹bring with the bull a grain offering^s of three-tenths of an ephah^et of the finest flour mixed with half a hin^f of olive oil, ¹⁰and also bring half a hin of wine^u as a drink offering.^v This will be a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.^{w 11}Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this manner. ¹²Do this for each one, for as many as you prepare.^x

¹³“ ‘Everyone who is native-born^y must do these things in this way when they present a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.^{z 14}For the generations to come,^a whenever a foreigner^b or anyone else living among you presents a food^c offering^d as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, they must do exactly as you do. ¹⁵The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.^e You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord: ¹⁶The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.^f’ ”

¹⁷The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁸“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking you^{g 19}and you eat the food of the land,^h present a portion as an offering to the Lord.^{i 20}Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal^j and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.^{k 21}Throughout the generations to come^l you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.^m

Offerings for Unintentional Sins

²²“ ‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Mosesⁿ—²³any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come^o—²⁴and if this is done unintentionally^p without the community being aware of it,^q then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering^r as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,^s along with its prescribed grain offering^t and drink offering,^u and a male goat for a sin offering.^{gv 25}The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,^w for it was not intentional^x and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering^y and a sin offering.^{z 26}The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.^a

²⁷“ ‘But if just one person sins unintentionally,^b that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.^{c 28}The priest is to make atonement^d before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.^{e 29}One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.^f

³⁰“ ‘But anyone who sins defiantly,^g whether native-born or foreigner,^h blasphemes the Lordⁱ and must be cut off from the people of Israel.^{j 31}Because they have despised^k the Lord’s word and broken his commands,^l they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.^m’ ”

The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death

³²While the Israelites were in the wilderness,ⁿ a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.^{o 33}Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, ³⁴and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.^{p 35}Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die.^q The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.^r” ³⁶So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him^s to death,^t as the Lord commanded Moses.^u

Tassels on Garments

³⁷The Lord said to Moses, ³⁸“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come^v you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments,^w with a blue cord on each tassel. ³⁹You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember^x all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves^y by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts^z and eyes. ⁴⁰Then you will remember to obey all my commands^a and will be consecrated to your God.^{b 41}I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God.^c I am the Lord your God.^d’ ”