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Numbers 15:26-37 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

26. Not only the whole Israelite community but also the aliens residing among you shall be forgiven, since the inadvertent fault affects all the people.

27. If it is an individual who sins inadvertently, this person shall bring a yearling she-goat as a purification offering.

28. And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the one who erred, since the sin was inadvertent, making atonement for the person to secure forgiveness.

29. You shall have but one rule for the person who sins inadvertently, whether a native-born Israelite or an alien residing among you.

30. But anyone who acts defiantly, whether a native or an alien, reviles the Lord, and shall be cut off from among the people.

31. For having despised the word of the Lord and broken his commandment, he must be cut off entirely and bear the punishment.

32. While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was discovered gathering wood on the sabbath day.

33. Those who caught him at it brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole community.

34. But they put him in custody, for there was no clear decision as to what should be done with him.

35. Then the Lord said to Moses: This man shall be put to death; let the whole community stone him outside the camp.

36. So the whole community led him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

37. The Lord said to Moses:

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