12. The people held him as a prisoner. They waited for the Lord’s command to be made clear to them.
13. Then the Lord said to Moses,
14. “Take the one who spoke against me outside the camp. Then bring together all the people who heard him. They must put their hands on his head. Then all the people must throw stones at him and kill him.
15. Tell the people of Israel this: ‘If anyone curses his God, he is guilty of sin.
16. Anyone who speaks against the Lord must be put to death. All the people must kill him by throwing stones at him. Foreigners must be punished just like the person born in Israel. If someone speaks against the Lord, he must be put to death.
17. “‘If someone kills another person, he must be put to death.
18. Someone might kill an animal that belongs to another person. If he does, he must give that person another animal to take its place.
19. And someone might cause an injury to his neighbor. If he does, the same kind of injury must be given back to him.
20. A broken bone must be paid for a broken bone, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. In the same way someone injures another person, he must be injured in return.
21. So anyone who kills another person’s animal must give that person another animal to take its place. But the person who kills another person must be put to death.
22. “‘The law will be the same for the foreigner as for those from your own country. I am the Lord your God.’”
23. Then Moses spoke to the people of Israel. And they took the person who had cursed outside the camp. Then they killed him with stones. So the people of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.