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Leviticus 24 |
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| 24:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive
beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. |
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Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation,
shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD
continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. |
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He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD
continually. |
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And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth
deals shall be in one cake. |
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And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table
before the LORD. |
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And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the
bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. |
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Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being
taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. |
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And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy
place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by
fire by a perpetual statute. |
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| 24:10
And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an
Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and
a man of Israel strove together in the camp; |
 (24:10-23) Whoever curses or blasphemes must be
stoned to death.
A man curses and blasphemes while disputing with another man. Moses asks God what to
do about it. God says that the whole community must stone him to death. "And the children of Israel did as the Lord
and Moses commanded."
Does God approve of capital punishemnt?
What the Bible says about blasphemy,
stoning, and
capital punishment
Blasphemer Stoned
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| 24:11
And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and
cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was
Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
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And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Bring forth him that
hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands
upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
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And thou shalt speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear
his sin. |
 The
Blasphemer
William Blake (ca 1800)
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| 24:16
And he that
blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all
the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he
that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be
put to death.
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And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. |
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And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. |
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And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall
it be done to him; |
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Breach for breach, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a
blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. |
And eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
(will leave the whole world blind and toothless)
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| 24:21
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a
man, he shall be put to death. |
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Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of
your own country: for I am the LORD your God. |
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And Moses spake to the
children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out
of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did
as the LORD commanded Moses. |
Moses orders the people to stone to death a man who cursed. "And the children of
Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses."
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