Numbers 15 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
spoke to Moses:
"Tell the Israelites: When you finally enter the I'm giving you to settle in,
and you present a to Yahweh — whether a or a sacrifice to fulfill a special vow, or a voluntary or one of your festival offerings — from your cattle or flock, producing an that Yahweh,
then the one presenting the to Yahweh must also bring a two quarts of fine flour mixed with a quart of olive oil.
For each lamb, also prepare a quart of wine as a
With a ram, prepare a grain offering of four quarts of fine flour mixed with a third of a gallon of olive oil,
and a third of a gallon of wine as a drink offering. Present it as an aroma that pleases Yahweh.
"When you prepare a young bull as a burnt or a sacrifice to fulfill a special vow or as a to Yahweh,
bring along with the bull a grain offering of six quarts of fine flour mixed with half a gallon of olive oil,
and half a gallon of wine as a drink offering. This is a fire offering, an aroma that pleases Yahweh.
That's how it should be done for each bull, each ram, each lamb or young goat.
Whatever number of animals you prepare, do this for each one.
"Every Israelite must follow these instructions when presenting a fire offering as an aroma that pleases Yahweh.
And if a you — whether temporarily or permanently settled for generations — wants to present a fire offering as an aroma that pleases Yahweh, they follow the exact same rules you do.
The community has — for you and for the foreigner living among you. This is a permanent rule for every generation: you and the foreigner are the same before Yahweh.
The same instructions and the same rules apply to both you and the foreigner living with you."
Yahweh spoke to Moses:
"Tell the Israelites: When you enter the land I'm bringing you into,
and you eat food from that land, set aside a for Yahweh.
From the of present a loaf as a contribution — set it aside the same way you set aside grain from the
Throughout your generations, always give Yahweh a contribution from the first of your dough.
"Now, if you to carry out any of these commands that Yahweh gave Moses —
anything at all that Yahweh commanded you through Moses, from the day Yahweh first gave these commands and for all generations to come—
and if it was done unintentionally, without the community being aware of it, then the whole community must offer one young bull as a burnt — an aroma that pleases Yahweh — along with its prescribed grain and drink plus one male goat as an to
The priest will perform the ritual to for the entire Israelite community, and they will be — because it was unintentional, and they brought their offering: a fire offering to Yahweh and an offering to before Yahweh for their unintentional failure.
The whole Israelite community and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional failure.
"If just one person fails unintentionally, that person must bring a one-year-old female goat as an offering to make things right.
The priest will perform the ritual to make things right before Yahweh for the person who failed unintentionally, and once things are made right, that person will be forgiven.
Whether it's a native-born Israelite or a foreigner living among you—the same instruction applies to anyone who fails unintentionally.
"But anyone who — whether native-born or foreigner — that person himself, and they must be from their
Because they with and deliberately broke his command, that person must be completely cut off. Their on them."
While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the
The ones who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community.
They held him in custody because it hadn't yet been made clear what should be done with him.
Then Yahweh said to Moses, "The man must be put to death. The whole community is to the
So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Yahweh said to Moses:
"Tell the Israelites: Throughout your generations, make on the corners of your garments, with a on each tassel.
These tassels will serve as a reminder for you. When you see them, you'll remember all of Yahweh's commands and follow them — instead of own and which leads you astray.
This way you'll remember and carry out all my commands, and you'll be for your God.
"I am who you out of to be I am