12. and he was kept in custody till a decision from the Lord should settle the case for them.
13. The Lord then said to Moses:
14. Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and when all who heard him have laid their hands on his head, let the whole community stone him.
15. Tell the Israelites: Anyone who blasphemes God shall bear the penalty;
16. whoever utters the name of the Lord in a curse shall be put to death. The whole community shall stone that person; alien and native-born alike must be put to death for uttering the Lord’s name in a curse.
17. Whoever takes the life of any human being shall be put to death;
18. whoever takes the life of an animal shall make restitution of another animal, life for a life.
19. Anyone who inflicts a permanent injury on his or her neighbor shall receive the same in return:
20. fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one gives another shall be inflicted in return.
21. Whoever takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, but whoever takes a human life shall be put to death.
22. You shall have but one rule, for alien and native-born alike. I, the Lord, am your God.