Numbers 15:1-41
Offerings and Sinning
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘After you enter the land I am giving you as a home 3 and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock, as an aroma pleasing to the Lord—whether burnt offerings or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings or festival offerings— 4 then the person who brings an offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of olive oil. 5 With each lamb for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering.
6 “‘With a ram prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil, 7 and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering. Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
8 “‘When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, for a special vow or a fellowship offering to the Lord, 9 bring with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil, 10 and also bring half a hin of wine as a drink offering. This will be a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 11 Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this manner. 12 Do this for each one, for as many as you prepare.
13 “‘Everyone who is native-born must do these things in this way when they present a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 14 For the generations to come, whenever a foreigner or anyone else living among you presents a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, they must do exactly as you do. 15 The 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. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.’”
17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking you 19 and you eat the food of the land, present a portion as an offering to the Lord. 20 Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing floor. 21 Throughout the generations to come you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.
22 “‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses— 23 any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come— 24 and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, along with its prescribed grain offering and drink offering, and a male goat for a sin offering. 25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven, for it was not intentional and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering and a sin offering. 26 The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.
27 “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally, that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering. 28 The priest is to make atonement before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven. 29 One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.
30 “‘But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or foreigner, blasphemes the Lord and must be cut off from the people of Israel. 31 Because they have despised the Lord’s word and broken his commands, they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.’”
32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, 34 and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.” 36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord commanded Moses.
37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. 39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. 40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.’”
The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: I AM giving you a land to be your home...When you enter that land, you must give special gifts to the LORD...Their smell will please the LORD...You will use your cattle, sheep, and goats for burnt offerings, sacrifices, special promises, special gifts, fellowship offerings, or at your special festivals...“At the time someone brings their offering, they must also give a grain offering to the LORD...The grain offering will be 8 cups of fine flour mixed with 1 quart of olive oil...Each time you offer a lamb as a burnt offering or sacrifice, you must also prepare a quart of wine as a drink offering...“If you are giving a ram, you must also prepare a grain offering...This grain offering should be 16 cups of fine flour mixed with 1 1/4 quarts of olive oil...And you must prepare 1 1/4 quarts of wine as a drink offering... Its smell will please the LORD...“You might prepare a young bull as a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a fellowship offering, or to keep a special promise to the LORD...At that time you must also bring a grain offering with the bull...That grain offering should be 24 cups of fine flour mixed with 2 quarts of olive oil...Also bring 2 quarts of wine as a drink offering as a sweet-smelling gift to the LORD...Each bull or ram, or lamb or young goat that you give must be prepared in this way...Do this for every one of these animals that you give...“This is the way every citizen of Israel must give gifts to please the LORD...Foreigners will live among you...If they give gifts to please the LORD, they must offer them the same way you do...The same rules will be for everyone—the Israelites and the foreigners living among you...This law will continue forever...You and the people living among you will be the same before the LORD...This means that you must follow the same laws and the same rules...These laws and rules are for you Israelites and for the other people who are living among you.”...
The LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: I AM taking you to another land...When you eat the food that grows in that land, you must give part of that food as an offering to the LORD...You will gather grain and grind it into flour to make dough for bread...You must give the first bread from that flour as a gift to the LORD...It will be like the grain offering that comes from the threshing floor...You and all your descendants must give part of the first dough you make from that flour as a gift to the LORD...“As you try to obey all the commands that the LORD gave Moses, you might fail and make a mistake...The LORD gave you those commands through Moses, and they have been in effect from the day they were given throughout the generations until today...If you made this mistake where everyone could see it, the whole community must offer a young bull as a burnt offering, as a sweet-smelling gift to the LORD...You must also offer the grain offering and the drink offering with the bull...And you must also give a male goat as a sin offering...“So the priest will make the whole community of Israel pure, and they will be forgiven for the mistake they made...Since they made the mistake, they must bring a gift and a sin offering to the LORD...Then the whole community of Israel and any foreigners among them will be forgiven for the mistake...“But if only one person makes a mistake and sins, that person must bring a female goat that is one year old...That goat will be the sin offering...The priest will make purification before the LORD for the one who sinned, and that person will be forgiven...This law is for everyone who makes a mistake and sins...The same law is for the people born in the family of Israel and for the foreigners living among you...“If someone sins and knows they are doing wrong, they are rebelling against the LORD...They must be separated from their people...The same law applies to citizens of Israel and to foreigners living among you...They thought the LORD’s word was not important, so they broke his commands...That is why they must be separated from their people—they must bear the responsibility for their guilt.”...
While the Israelites were in the desert, some of them saw a man gathering firewood on the Sabbath day...The people who saw him gathering the wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole community of Israel...They guarded the man carefully because they did not know how they should punish him...Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must die...All the people must throw stones at him outside the camp.”...So the people took him outside the camp and killed him with stones...They did this just as the LORD commanded Moses...
The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites...Tell them this: Tie several pieces of thread together and tie them in the corner of your clothes...Put a piece of blue thread in each one of these tassels...You must wear these things now and forever...You will be able to look at these tassels and remember all the commands that the LORD has given you...Then you will obey the commands...You will not do wrong by forgetting about the commands and doing the things that your own bodies and eyes want...You will remember to obey all My commands...Then you will be God’s special people...I AM the LORD your God...I AM the One who brought you out of Egypt...I did this to be your God...I AM the LORD your God.”...