Leviticus 24

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 24 of 27

1 ¶ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Command the sons of Israel, and they shall bring to you pure olive oil, beaten, for the light, to cause a light to burn continually.

3 Outside the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation Aaron shall arrange it from evening until morning before Jehovah continually, a never-ending statute for your generations.

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Chapter Summary

1 The oil for the lamps. 5 The Bread.of the Pres-ence. 13 The law of blasphemy. 17 Of murder. 18 Of damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned.

Key Hebrew Words

נָקַב blaspheme the Name H5344 · TWOT 1409
מְנוֹרָה lampstand H4501 · TWOT 1333c
שֵׁם the Name H8034 · TWOT 2405
רָגַם stone to death H7275 · TWOT 2114
מִשְׁפָּט judgment H4941 · TWOT 2443c
בְּרִית covenant H1285 · TWOT 282a

People & Context

Jehovah

The God whose name is blasphemed and who commands the lamps, bread, and the blasphemer's stoning

Moses

Receives Jehovah's words and relays the verdict on the blasphemer to the sons of Israel

Aaron

High priest who arranges the lamps and the bread of the Presence before Jehovah continually

The Blasphemer

Son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian man who blasphemed the Name and was stoned outside the camp

Shelomith

Daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan; mother of the man who blasphemed the Name

Dibri

A Danite, father of Shelomith and grandfather of the blasphemer

Timeline

Oil for the Lamp and Bread of the Presence

Pure olive oil for continual light. Twelve cakes of bread set before Jehovah continually, replaced every Sabbath, to be eaten by priests.

Leviticus 24:1-9
The Case of the Blasphemer

A man blasphemes the Name. Jehovah commands that he be taken outside the camp and stoned by all who heard him. Law established: blasphemer dies.

Leviticus 24:10-16, 23
Law of Retaliation

Principle of 'life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, etc.' applied. One law for the native and the alien.

Leviticus 24:17-22

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