7. Put pure incense on each row. This is the memorial portion to take the place of the bread. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord.
8. Every Sabbath day Aaron will put the bread in order before the Lord. This agreement with the people of Israel will continue forever.
9. That bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat it in a holy place. This is because it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the Lord. That bread is their share forever.”
10. Now there was a son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian father. The son was walking among the Israelites. And a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
11. The son of the Israelite woman began cursing and speaking against the Lord. So the people took him to Moses. (The mother’s name was Shelomith. She was the daughter of Debri from the family of Dan.)
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.