(KJV) Leviticus 24¹

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⥃The Oil for the Lamps ^{[ Exodus 27:20–21 ]}

[1] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Command the children of Israel, that they² bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps³ to burn continually⁴. [3] Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: [it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations. [4] He shall order the lamps upon the pure⁵ candlestick before the Lord continually.

⥃The Showbread ^{[ Exodus 25:23–30 † Exodus 37:10–16 ]}

[5] [¶]And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.⁶⁷ [6] And thou shalt set them in two rows⁸, six on a row, upon the pure⁹ table before the Lord. [7] And thou shalt put pure¹⁰ frankincense upon [each] row, that it may be on the bread¹¹ for a memorial¹², [even] an offering made by fire unto the Lord. [8] Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, [being taken] from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.¹³ [9] And it shall be Aaron’s¹⁴ and his sons’; and they shall¹⁵ eat it in the holy place: for it [is] most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute.

⥃Punishment for Blasphemy

[10] And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;¹⁶ [11] And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed¹⁷ the name¹⁸ [of the Lord], and cursed¹⁹. And they brought him²⁰ unto Moses: (and his mother’s name [was] Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) [12] And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them²¹. [13] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [14] Bring forth him that hath cursed without²² the camp; and let all that²³ heard [him] lay their hands upon his head, and let all the²⁴ congregation stone him. [15] And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin²⁵. [16] And he that blasphemeth²⁶ the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the Lord], shall be put to death.

⥃An Eye for an Eye ^{[ Matthew 5:38–48 ]}

[17] [¶]And he²⁷ that killeth any man²⁸ shall surely be put to death. [18] And he that killeth²⁹ a beast shall make it good; beast for beast³⁰. [19] And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;³¹ [20] Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him [again].³² [21] And he that killeth a beast³³, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man³⁴, he shall be put to death. [22] Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I [am] the Lord your God.³⁵

[23] [¶]And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses. ³⁶

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