Numbers 15
Christian Standard Bible
Laws about Offerings
15 The Lord instructed Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you to settle in,(A) 3 and you make a food offering(B) to the Lord from the herd or flock—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow,(C) or as a freewill offering, or at your appointed festivals—to produce a pleasing aroma for the Lord,(D) 4 the one presenting his offering to the Lord is also to present a grain offering of two quarts[a] of fine flour mixed with a quart[b] of oil. 5 Prepare a quart of wine as a drink offering(E) with the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb.
6 “If you prepare a grain offering with a ram, it is to be four quarts[c] of fine flour mixed with a third of a gallon[d] of oil.(F) 7 Also present a third of a gallon of wine for a drink offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
8 “If you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow, or as a fellowship offering to the Lord, 9 a grain offering of six quarts[e] of fine flour mixed with two quarts[f] of oil is to be presented with the bull.(G) 10 Also present two quarts of wine as a drink offering. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 11 This is to be done for each ox, ram, lamb, or goat. 12 This is how you are to prepare each of them, no matter how many.
13 “Every Israelite is to prepare these things in this way when he presents a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 14 When an alien resides with you or someone else is among you and wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he is to do exactly as you do throughout your generations. 15 The assembly is to have the same statute for both you and the resident alien as a permanent statute throughout your generations.(H) You and the alien will be alike before the Lord. 16 The same law and the same ordinance will apply to both you and the alien who resides with you.”(I)
17 The Lord instructed Moses, 18 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land where I am bringing you, 19 you are to offer a contribution to the Lord when you eat from the food of the land. 20 You are to offer a loaf from your first batch of dough(J) as a contribution; offer it just like a contribution from the threshing floor.(K) 21 Throughout your generations, you are to give the Lord a contribution from the first batch of your dough.
22 “When you sin unintentionally and do not obey all these commands that the Lord spoke to Moses(L)— 23 all that the Lord has commanded you through Moses, from the day the Lord issued the commands and onward throughout your generations— 24 and if it was done unintentionally without the community’s awareness, the entire community is to prepare one young bull for a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering. 25 The priest will then make atonement for the entire Israelite community so that they may be forgiven,(M) for the sin was unintentional. They are to bring their offering, a food offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their unintentional sin. 26 The entire Israelite community and the alien who resides among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally.
27 “If one person sins unintentionally,(N) he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering. 28 The priest will then make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the person who acts in error sinning unintentionally, and when he makes atonement for him, he will be forgiven. 29 You are to have the same law for the person who acts in error, whether he is an Israelite or an alien who resides among you.
30 “But the person who acts defiantly,[g] whether native or resident alien, blasphemes the Lord.(O) That person is to be cut off from his people. 31 He will certainly be cut off, because he has despised the Lord’s word and broken his command; his guilt remains on him.”
Sabbath Violation
32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.(P) 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the entire community. 34 They placed him in custody because it had not been decided what should be done to him. 35 Then the Lord told Moses, “The man is to be put to death. The entire community is to stone him outside the camp.”(Q) 36 So the entire community brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Tassels for Remembrance
37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout their generations they are to make tassels(R) for the corners of their garments, and put a blue cord on the tassel at each corner. 39 These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the Lord’s commands and obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart(S) and your own eyes.(T) 40 This way you will remember and obey all my commands and be holy to your God. 41 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.”(U)
Numeri 15
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
VI. ORDINAMENTI SUI SACRIFICI POTERI DEI SACERDOTI E DEI LEVITI
L'oblazione unita ai sacrifici
15 Il Signore disse a Mosè: 2 «Parla agli Israeliti e riferisci loro: Quando sarete entrati nel paese che dovrete abitare e che io vi dò 3 e offrirete al Signore un sacrificio consumato dal fuoco, olocausto o sacrificio per soddisfare un voto, o per un'offerta volontaria, o nelle vostre solennità, per fare un profumo soave per il Signore con il vostro bestiame grosso o minuto, 4 colui che presenterà l'offerta al Signore, offrirà in oblazione un decimo di efa di fior di farina intrisa in un quarto di hin di olio. 5 Farai una libazione di un quarto di hin di vino oltre l'olocausto o sacrificio per ogni agnello. 6 Se è per un ariete, offrirai in oblazione due decimi di efa di fior di farina con un terzo di hin di olio 7 e farai una libazione di un terzo di hin di vino come offerta di odore soave in onore del Signore. 8 Se offri un giovenco in olocausto o in sacrificio per soddisfare un voto o in sacrificio di comunione al Signore, 9 oltre il giovenco si offrirà, in oblazione, tre decimi di efa di fior di farina intrisa in mezzo hin di olio 10 e farai una libazione di un mezzo hin di vino; è un sacrificio consumato dal fuoco, soave profumo per il Signore. 11 Così si farà per ogni bue, per ogni ariete, per ogni agnello o capretto. 12 Qualunque sia il numero degli animali che immolerete, farete così per ciascuna vittima. 13 Quanti sono nativi del paese faranno così, quando offriranno un sacrificio consumato dal fuoco, soave profumo per il Signore. 14 Se uno straniero che soggiorna da voi o chiunque dimorerà in mezzo a voi in futuro, offrirà un sacrificio con il fuoco, soave profumo per il Signore, farà come fate voi. 15 Vi sarà una sola legge per tutta la comunità, per voi e per lo straniero che soggiorna in mezzo a voi; sarà una legge perenne, di generazione in generazione; come siete voi, così sarà lo straniero davanti al Signore. 16 Ci sarà una stessa legge e uno stesso rito per voi e per lo straniero che soggiorna presso di voi».
Le primizie del pane
17 Il Signore disse ancora a Mosè: 18 «Parla agli Israeliti e riferisci loro. Quando sarete arrivati nel paese dove io vi conduco 19 e mangerete il pane di quel paese, ne preleverete un'offerta da presentare al Signore. 20 Delle primizie della vostra madia, metterete da parte una focaccia come offerta da elevare secondo il rito, la preleverete come si preleva dall'aia l'offerta che si fa con il rito di elevazione. 21 Delle primizie della vostra madia darete al Signore una parte come offerta che si fa elevandola, di generazione in generazione.
Espiazione delle colpe per inavvertenza
22 Se avrete mancato per inavvertenza e non avrete osservato tutti questi comandi che il Signore ha dati a Mosè, 23 quanto il Signore vi ha comandato per mezzo di Mosè, dal giorno in cui il Signore vi ha dato comandi e in seguito, nelle vostre successive generazioni, 24 se il peccato è stato commesso per inavvertenza da parte della comunità, senza che la comunità se ne sia accorta, tutta la comunità offrirà un giovenco come olocausto di soave profumo per il Signore, con la sua oblazione e la sua libazione secondo il rito, e un capro come sacrificio espiatorio. 25 Il sacerdote farà il rito espiatorio per tutta la comunità degli Israeliti e sarà loro perdonato; infatti si tratta di un peccato commesso per inavvertenza ed essi hanno portato l'offerta, il sacrificio fatto in onore del Signore mediante il fuoco e il loro sacrificio espiatorio davanti al Signore, a causa della loro inavvertenza. 26 Sarà perdonato a tutta la comunità degli Israeliti e allo straniero che soggiorna in mezzo a loro, perché tutto il popolo ha peccato per inavvertenza. 27 Se è una persona sola che ha peccato per inavvertenza, offra una capra di un anno come sacrificio espiatorio. 28 Il sacerdote farà il rito espiatorio davanti al Signore per la persona che avrà mancato commettendo un peccato per inavvertenza; quando avrà fatto l'espiazione per essa, le sarà perdonato. 29 Si tratti di un nativo del paese tra gli Israeliti o di uno straniero che soggiorna in mezzo a voi, avrete un'unica legge per colui che pecca per inavvertenza.
30 Ma la persona che agisce con deliberazione, nativo del paese o straniero, insulta il Signore; essa sarà eliminata dal suo popolo. 31 Poiché ha disprezzato la parola del Signore e ha violato il suo comando, quella persona dovrà essere eliminata; porterà il peso della sua colpa».
Violazione del sabato
32 Mentre gli Israeliti erano nel deserto, trovarono un uomo che raccoglieva legna in giorno di sabato. 33 Quelli che l'avevano trovato a raccogliere legna, lo condussero a Mosè, ad Aronne e a tutta la comunità. 34 Lo misero sotto sorveglianza, perché non era stato ancora stabilito che cosa gli si dovesse fare. 35 Il Signore disse a Mosè: «Quell'uomo deve essere messo a morte; tutta la comunità lo lapiderà fuori dell'accampamento». 36 Tutta la comunità lo condusse fuori dell'accampamento e lo lapidò; quegli morì secondo il comando che il Signore aveva dato a Mosè.
I fiocchi dei vestiti
37 Il Signore aggiunse a Mosè: 38 «Parla agli Israeliti e ordina loro che si facciano, di generazione in generazione, fiocchi agli angoli delle loro vesti e che mettano al fiocco di ogni angolo un cordone di porpora viola. 39 Avrete tali fiocchi e, quando li guarderete, vi ricorderete di tutti i comandi del Signore per metterli in pratica; non andrete vagando dietro il vostro cuore e i vostri occhi, seguendo i quali vi prostituite. 40 Così vi ricorderete di tutti i miei comandi, li metterete in pratica e sarete santi per il vostro Dio. 41 Io sono il Signore vostro Dio, che vi ho fatti uscire dal paese di Egitto per essere il vostro Dio. Io sono il Signore vostro Dio».
Numbers 15
New King James Version
Laws of Grain and Drink Offerings
15 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 (A)“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you have come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving to you, 3 and you (B)make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering or a sacrifice, (C)to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or (D)in your appointed feasts, to make a (E)sweet[a] aroma to the Lord, from the herd or the flock, 4 then (F)he who presents his offering to the Lord shall bring (G)a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed (H)with one-fourth of a hin of oil; 5 (I)and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering you shall prepare with the burnt offering or the sacrifice, for each (J)lamb. 6 (K)Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil; 7 and as a drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a sweet aroma to the Lord. 8 And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering, or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a (L)peace offering to the Lord, 9 then shall be offered (M)with the young bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil; 10 and you shall bring as the drink offering half a hin of wine as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord.
11 (N)‘Thus it shall be done for each young bull, for each ram, or for each lamb or young goat. 12 According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do with everyone according to their number. 13 All who are native-born shall do these things in this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord. 14 And if a stranger [b]dwells with you, or whoever is among you throughout your generations, and would present an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord, just as you do, so shall he do. 15 (O)One [c]ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 16 One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you.’ ”
17 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 (P)“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land to which I bring you, 19 then it will be, when you eat of (Q)the bread of the land, that you shall offer up a heave offering to the Lord. 20 (R)You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering; as (S)a heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up. 21 Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations.
Laws Concerning Unintentional Sin
22 (T)‘If you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses— 23 all that the Lord has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day the Lord gave commandment and onward throughout your generations— 24 then it will be, (U)if it is unintentionally committed, [d]without the knowledge of the congregation, that the whole congregation shall offer one young bull as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the Lord, (V)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and (W)one kid of the goats as a sin offering. 25 (X)So the priest shall make atonement for the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was unintentional; they shall bring their offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their unintended sin. 26 It shall be forgiven the whole congregation of the children of Israel and the stranger who dwells among them, because all the people did it unintentionally.
27 ‘And (Y)if a person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering. 28 (Z)So the priest shall make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally before the Lord, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 (AA)You shall have one law for him who sins unintentionally, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwells among them.
Law Concerning Presumptuous Sin
30 (AB)‘But the person who does anything [e]presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one [f]brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be [g]cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has (AC)despised the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his [h]guilt shall be upon him.’ ”
Penalty for Violating the Sabbath(AD)
32 Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, (AE)they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. 34 They put him (AF)under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him.
35 Then the Lord said to Moses, (AG)“The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall (AH)stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So, as the Lord commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died.
Tassels on Garments
37 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 38 “Speak to the children of Israel: Tell (AI)them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. 39 And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and (AJ)remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you (AK)may not (AL)follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, 40 and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be (AM)holy for your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 15:3 pleasing
- Numbers 15:14 As a resident alien
- Numbers 15:15 statute
- Numbers 15:24 Lit. away from the eyes
- Numbers 15:30 defiantly, lit. with a high hand
- Numbers 15:30 blasphemes
- Numbers 15:30 Put to death
- Numbers 15:31 iniquity
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