Catholic Public Domain Version

Leviticus 24:8-20 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

8. On each Sabbath, they shall be changed before the Lord, having been received from the sons of Israel as an everlasting covenant.

9. And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, so that they may eat these in the holy place; for it is the Holy of holies from the sacrifices of the Lord, as a perpetual right.

10. Then, behold, the son of an Israelite woman, whom she had born of an Egyptian man among the sons of Israel, going out, was quarreling in the camp with a man of Israel.

11. And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he was led to Moses. (Now his mother was called Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the tribe of Dan.)

12. And they sent him to prison, until they might know what the Lord would command,

13. who spoke to Moses,

14. saying: Lead away the blasphemer beyond the camp, and let all who heard him place their hands upon his head, and let the entire people stone him.

15. And you shall say to the sons of Israel: The man who curses his God shall bear his sin,

16. and whoever will have blasphemed the name of the Lord shall be put to death. The entire multitude shall overwhelm him with stones, whether he be a citizen or a sojourner. Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death.

17. Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death.

18. Whoever will have struck down an animal shall repay its equivalent, that is, a life for a life.

19. Whoever will have inflicted a blemish on any of his citizens, just as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

20. fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he repay. Whatever degree of blemish he has inflicted, so shall he be compelled to suffer.