Leviticus 24:10-23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Blasphemy and Its Punishment

¹⁰ A man whose mother was an Israelite and whose father was an Egyptian came out among the Israelites, and the Israelite woman’s son and a certain Israelite began fighting in the camp. ¹¹ The Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name in a curse. And they brought him to Moses—now his mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan^(A)— ¹² and they put him in custody, until the decision of the Lord should be made clear to them.^(B)

¹³ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁴ “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and let all who were within hearing lay their hands on his head, and let the whole congregation stone him.^{(C) 15} And speak to the Israelites, saying: Anyone who curses God shall incur guilt. ¹⁶ One who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death; the whole congregation shall stone the blasphemer. Aliens as well as the native-born, when they blaspheme the Name, shall be put to death.^{(D) 17} Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.^{(E) 18} Anyone who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.^{(F) 19} Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: ²⁰ fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered.^{(G) 21} One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, but one who kills a human being shall be put to death.^{(H) 22} You shall have one law for the alien and for the native-born, for I am the Lord your God.”^{(I) 23} Moses spoke thus to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses.