A Blasphemer Put to Death

¹⁰ Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. ¹¹ The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name^(A) with a curse;^(B) so they brought him to Moses.^(C) (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)^{(D) 12} They put him in custody until the will of the Lord should be made clear to them.^(E)

¹³ Then the Lord said to Moses: ¹⁴ “Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him.^{(F) 15} Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who curses their God^(G) will be held responsible;^{(H) 16} anyone who blasphemes^(I) the name of the Lord is to be put to death.^(J) The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they blaspheme the Name they are to be put to death.

¹⁷ “‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.^{(K) 18} Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution^(L)—life for life. ¹⁹ Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: ²⁰ fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.^(M) The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury. ²¹ Whoever kills an animal must make restitution,^(N) but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.^{(O) 22} You are to have the same law for the foreigner^(P) and the native-born.^(Q) I am the Lord your God.’”

²³ Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him.^(R) The Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses.