The Oil for the Lamps

(Exodus 27:20-21)

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and clearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually, 3Without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall set them from evening until morning before the Lord, by a perpetual service and rite in your generations. 4They shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the Lord continually.

The Showbread

(Exodus 25:23-30; Exodus 37:10-16)

5Thou shalt take also fine flour, and shalt bake twelve loaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf. 6And thou shalt set them six and six, one against another, upon the most clean table before the Lord. 7And thou shalt put upon them the clearest frankincense, that the bread may be for a memorial of the oblation of the Lord. 8Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord: being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 9And they shall be Aaron's and his sons', that they may eat them in the holy place: because it is most holy of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpetual right.

Shelomith's Son Blasphemes

10And behold there went out the son of a woman of Israel, whom she had of an Egyptian, among the children of Israel: and fell at words in the camp with a man of Israel. 11And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he was brought to Moses. (Now his mother was called Salumith, the daughter of Dabri, of the tribe of Dan.) 12And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command.

13And the Lord spoke to Moses, 14Saying: Bring forth the blasphemer without the camp: and let them that heard him, put their hands upon his head: and let all the people stone him. 15And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel: The man that curseth his God, shall bear his sin: 16And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die. All the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die.

An Eye for an Eye

(Matthew 5:38-48; Luke 6:27-36)

17He that striketh and killeth a man: dying let him die. 18He that killeth a beast, shall make it good that is to say, shall give beast for beast. 19He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: 20Breach for breach, eye for ere, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer. 21He that striketh a beast, shall render another. He that striketh a man shall be punished. 22Let there be equal judgment among you, whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends: because I am the Lord your God. 23And Moses spoke to the children of Israel. And they brought forth him that had blasphemed, without the camp: and they stoned him. And the children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses.