Rules About Sacrifices

15 The Lord said to Moses, ² “Speak to the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] and say to them, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you as a home, ³ give the Lord offerings made by fire. These may be from your herds or flocks, as a smell pleasing to the Lord. These may be burnt offerings [Lev. 1:1–17] or sacrifices for ·special promises [a vow], or as gifts to him, or as festival offerings. ⁴ The one who brings the offering shall also give the Lord a ·grain [^Lgift; tribute] offering [Lev. 2:1]. It should be ·two quarts [^Lone-tenth of an ephah] of ·fine [choice] flour mixed with ·one quart [^Lone-fourth of a hin] of olive oil. ⁵ Each time you offer a lamb as a burnt offering [Lev. 1:1–17] or sacrifice, also prepare ·one quart [^Lone-fourth of a hin] of wine as a drink offering.

⁶ “‘If you are giving a ·male sheep [ram], also prepare a ·grain [^Lgift; tribute] offering [Lev. 2:1] of ·four quarts [^Ltwo-tenths of an ephah] of ·fine [choice] flour mixed with ·one and one-fourth quarts [^Lone-third of a hin] of olive oil. ⁷ Also prepare ·one and one-fourth quarts [^Lone-third of a hin] of wine as a drink offering. Its smell will be pleasing to the Lord.

⁸ “‘If you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering [Lev. 1:1–17] or sacrifice, whether it is for a ·special promise [vow] or a ·fellowship [or peace; well-being] offering [Lev. 3:1] to the Lord, ⁹ bring a ·grain [^Lgift; tribute] offering [Lev. 2:1] with the bull. It should be ·six quarts [^Lthree-tenths of an ephah] of ·fine [choice] flour mixed with ·two quarts [^Lhalf a hin] of olive oil. ¹⁰ Also bring ·two quarts [^Lhalf a hin] of wine as a drink offering. This offering is made by fire, and its smell will be pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹ Prepare each bull or ·male sheep [ram], lamb or young goat this way. ¹² Do this for every one of the animals you bring.

¹³ “‘All ·citizens [natives] must do these things in this way, and the smell of their offerings by fire will be pleasing to the Lord. ¹⁴ ·From now on [^LThroughout your generations] if ·foreigners [resident aliens] who live among you want to make offerings by fire so the smell will be pleasing to the Lord, they must offer them the same way you do. ¹⁵ As for the ·people [community; congregation; assembly], the ·law [statute; ordinance; requirement] is the same for you and for ·foreigners [resident aliens], and it will be ·from now on [a perpetual requirement]; you and the ·foreigners [resident aliens] are alike before the Lord. ¹⁶ The ·teachings [instructions; laws] and ·rules [regulations] are the same for you and for the ·foreigners [resident aliens] among you.’”

¹⁷ The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁸ “Tell the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel]: ‘You are going to another land, where I am taking you. ¹⁹ When you eat the food there, ·offer [elevate] part of it to the Lord. ²⁰ ·Offer [Elevate] a loaf of bread from the first of your ·grain [or dough], which will be your ·offering [elevation offering] from the threshing floor. ²¹ ·From now on [^LThroughout your generations] ·offer [elevate] to the Lord the first part of your ·grain [or dough].

²² “‘Now what if you ·forget [unintentionally fail] to ·obey [do] any of these commands the Lord gave Moses? ²³ These are the Lord’s commands given to you through Moses, which began the day the Lord ·gave them to [commanded] you and will continue ·from now on [^Lthroughout your generations]. ²⁴ If the ·people [community; congregation; assembly] ·forget [unintentionally fail] to ·obey [do] one of these commands, all the ·people [community; congregation; assembly] must offer a young bull as a burnt offering [Lev. 1:1–17], a smell pleasing to the Lord. By law you must also give the ·grain [^Lgift; tribute] offering [Lev. 2:1] and the drink offering with it, and you must bring a male goat as a ·sin [or purification; Lev. 4:3] offering.

²⁵ “‘The priest will ·remove that sin for all the Israelites so they will belong to the Lord [^Latone for all the community/congregation/assembly of the sons/^Tchildren of Israel]. They are forgiven, because they ·didn’t know they were sinning [sinned unintentionally]. For the unintentional wrong they did they brought offerings to the Lord, an offering by fire and a ·sin [or purification; Lev. 4:3] offering. ²⁶ So all of the ·people [community; congregation; assembly] of ·Israel [^Lthe sons/^Tchildren of Israel] and the ·foreigners [resident aliens] living among them will be forgiven. ·No one meant to do wrong [They were all involved in unintentional sin].

²⁷ “‘If just one person sins ·without meaning to [unintentionally], a year-old female goat must be brought for a ·sin [or purification; Lev. 4:3] offering. ²⁸ The priest will ·remove [atone for] the sin of the person who sinned ·accidentally [unintentionally]. He will ·remove it before the Lord [atone for him]; and the person will be forgiven. ²⁹ The same ·teaching [instruction; law] is for everyone who sins ·accidentally [unintentionally]—for those ·born Israelites [natives] and for ·foreigners [resident aliens] living among you.

³⁰ “‘But anyone who sins ·on purpose [^Lwith a high hand; ^Cknowingly] ·is against [insults] the Lord and must be cut off from the people, whether it is ·someone born among you [a native] or a ·foreigner [resident alien]. ³¹ That person has ·turned against [despised] the Lord’s word and has ·not obeyed [broken] his commands. Such a person must surely be cut off from the others. He is guilty.’”

A Man Worked on the Sabbath

³² When the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] were still in the ·desert [wilderness], they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day [Gen. 2:2–3; Ex. 20:8–11; 35:2; Deut. 5:13–15]. ³³ Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and all the people. ³⁴ They held the man under guard, because they did not know what to do with him. ³⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must surely die. All the ·people [community; congregation; assembly] must kill him by ·throwing stones at [stoning] him outside the camp.” ³⁶ So all the ·people [community; congregation; assembly] took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord commanded Moses.

The Tassels

³⁷ The Lord said to Moses, ³⁸ “Speak to the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] and tell them this: ‘·Tie several pieces of thread together and attach them to [Make fringes/tassels on] the corners of your clothes. Put a blue thread ·in each one of these tassels [^Lon the fringe/tassel of each corner]. Wear them ·from now on [^Lthroughout your generations]. ³⁹ You will have these ·tassels [fringes] to look at to remind you of all the Lord’s commands. Then you will obey them and not ·be disloyal by following what your bodies and eyes want [^Lfollow after your own heart or your own eyes to be unfaithful/play the harlot after them]. ⁴⁰ Then you will remember to obey all my commands, and you will be God’s holy people. ⁴¹ I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God [Ex. 12–15]. I am the Lord your God.’”