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v1
Then ^[Or “And”] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
v2
“Command the Israelites ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] that ^[Or “and”] they should bring pure olive oil from beaten olives for the light to present ^[Literally “to cause raising up”; or “set up” (HALOT 830 s.v. 4.d)] a lamp continually.
v3
Aaron shall arrange for it outside ^[Literally “from the outside of to”] the curtain of the testimony in the tent of assembly from evening until morning before ^[Literally “to the faces of”] Yahweh continually; it shall be a lasting statute ^[Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”] throughout your generations.
v4
On the pure golden ^[Supplied by context and the description of the lampstand in Exod 25:31] lampstand he shall arrange for the lamps before ^[Literally “to the faces of”] Yahweh continually.
v5
“And you shall take finely milled flour, and you shall bake with it twelve ring-shaped bread cakes: each one shall be two-tenths of an ephah.
v6
And you shall place them in two rows, six to the row, on the pure gold ^[Supplied by context and the description of the table in Exod 25:24] table before ^[Literally “to the faces of”] Yahweh.
v7
And you shall put pure frankincense on each ^[Hebrew “the”] row so that ^[Or “and”] it shall be for the bread as a memorial offering, an offering made by fire for Yahweh.
v8
On every Sabbath ^[Literally “On the day of the Sabbath on the day of the Sabbath”] he shall arrange it in rows before ^[Literally “to the faces of”] Yahweh continually; they are from the Israelites ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] as an everlasting ^[Or “eternal” or “enduring” or “perpetual”] covenant.
v9
And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, because it is a most holy thing ^[Literally “a holy thing of holy things”] for him from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire—a lasting rule.” ^[Literally “rule of eternity” or “rule of long duration”]
v10
And an Israelite woman’s son, and he was an Egyptian man’s son, went out in the midst of the Israelites; ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] and the Israelite woman’s son and an ^[Hebrew “the”] Israelite man fought in the camp.
v11
Then ^[Or “And”] the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name, and he cursed, so ^[Or “and”] they brought him to Moses—and the name of his mother was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
v12
Then ^[Or “And”] they put him in custody so that ^[Literally “to”] the matter might be made clear to them in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh.
v13
Then ^[Or “And”] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
v14
“Bring the curser outside the camp, ^[Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”] and all the hearers shall place their hands on his head, and the whole community shall stone him.
v15
And you shall speak to the Israelites, ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] saying, ‘Any man ^[Literally “A man a man”] when he curses his God shall bear ^[Or “and he shall bear”] his sin.
v16
And he who blasphemes Yahweh’s name certainly shall be put to death; the whole community certainly shall stone him. As the alien, so the native shall be put to death at blaspheming his name.
v17
“‘And when a man kills any human being, he certainly shall be put to death.
v18
And he who kills ^[Literally “he who kills the soul of” or “he who kills the life of”] a domestic animal must repay for it life in place of life.
v19
And when a man causes ^[Literally “gives”] a physical defect in his fellow citizen according to ^[Literally “as that”] what he has done, so it shall be done to him:
v20
fracture in place of fracture, eye in place of eye, tooth in place of tooth—according to ^[Literally “as that”] the physical defect he causes ^[Literally “gives”] to the person, likewise it shall be caused ^[Literally “given”] to him.
v21
And a killer of a domestic animal must repay for it, and a killer of a human shall be put to death.
v22
You must have ^[Literally “it shall be for you”] one norm; as for the alien, so ^[Hebrew “as”] it must be for the native, because I am Yahweh your God.‘“
v23
Thus ^[Or “And”] Moses spoke to the Israelites, ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] and they brought the curser outside the camp, ^[Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”] and they stoned him with stones, and the Israelites ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] did just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.