The Sanctuary’s Lamp and Bread

¹ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

² “Command the ⌞Israelites⌟¹ that² they should bring pure olive oil from beaten olives for the light to ⌞present⌟³ a lamp continually.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Or “and”
3. Literally “to cause raising up”; or “set up” (HALOT 830 s.v. 4.d)

³ Aaron shall arrange for it ⌞outside⌟¹ the curtain of the testimony in the tent of assembly from evening until morning ⌞before⌟² Yahweh continually; it shall be a ⌞lasting statute⌟³ throughout your generations.

1. Literally “from the outside of to”
2. Literally “to the faces of”
3. Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”

⁴ On the pure golden¹ lampstand he shall arrange for the lamps ⌞before⌟² Yahweh continually.

1. Supplied by context and the description of the lampstand in Exod 25:31
2. Literally “to the faces of”

⁵ “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.

⁶ And you shall place them in two rows, six to the row, on the pure gold¹ table ⌞before⌟² Yahweh.

1. Supplied by context and the description of the table in Exod 25:24
2. Literally “to the faces of”

⁷ And you shall put pure frankincense on each¹ row so that² it shall be for the bread as a memorial offering, an offering made by fire for Yahweh.

1. Hebrew “the”
2. Or “and”

⁸ ⌞On every Sabbath⌟¹ he shall arrange it in rows ⌞before⌟² Yahweh continually; they are from the ⌞Israelites⌟³ as an everlasting⁴ covenant.

1. Literally “On the day of the Sabbath on the day of the Sabbath”
2. Literally “to the faces of”
3. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
4. Or “eternal” or “enduring” or “perpetual”

⁹ 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⌟¹ for him from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire—a ⌞lasting rule⌟.”²

1. Literally “a holy thing of holy things”
2. Literally “rule of eternity” or “rule of long duration”

Punishment for Blasphemy

¹⁰ And an Israelite woman’s son, and he was an Egyptian man’s son, went out in the midst of the ⌞Israelites⌟;¹ and the Israelite woman’s son and an² Israelite man fought in the camp.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Hebrew “the”

¹¹ Then¹ the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name, and he cursed, so² they brought him to Moses—and the name of his mother was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

1. Or “And”
2. Or “and”

¹² Then¹ they put him in custody ⌞so that⌟² the matter might be made clear to them in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “to”

¹³ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

¹⁴ “Bring the curser ⌞outside the camp⌟,¹ and all the hearers shall place their hands on his head, and the whole community shall stone him.

1. Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”

¹⁵ And you shall speak to the ⌞Israelites⌟,¹ saying, ‘⌞Any man⌟² when he curses his God shall bear³ his sin.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Literally “A man a man”
3. Or “and he shall bear”

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ “ ‘And when a man kills any human being, he certainly shall be put to death.

¹⁸ And ⌞he who kills⌟¹ a domestic animal must repay for it life in place of life.

1. Literally “he who kills the soul of” or “he who kills the life of”

¹⁹ And when a man ⌞causes⌟¹ a physical defect in his fellow citizen ⌞according to⌟² what he has done, so it shall be done to him:

1. Literally “gives”
2. Literally “as that”

²⁰ fracture in place of fracture, eye in place of eye, tooth in place of tooth—⌞according to⌟¹ the physical defect he ⌞causes⌟² to the person, likewise it shall be ⌞caused⌟³ to him.

1. Literally “as that”
2. Literally “gives”
3. Literally “given”

²¹ And a killer of a domestic animal must repay for it, and a killer of a human shall be put to death.

²² ⌞You must have⌟¹ one norm; as for the alien, so² it must be for the native, because I am Yahweh your God.’ ”

1. Literally “it shall be for you”
2. Hebrew “as”

²³ Thus¹ Moses spoke to the ⌞Israelites⌟,² and they brought the curser ⌞outside the camp⌟,³ and they stoned him with stones, and the ⌞Israelites⌟⁴ did just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
3. Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
4. Literally “sons/children of Israel”