Numbers 15
The Lord instructed Moses to tell the Israelites to offer sacrifices of fine wheat flour and wine with their burnt offerings and peace offerings. The amount of flour and wine varied depending on the type of animal being offered. The Lord also commanded the Israelites to separate the first-fruits of their food to Him. If the Israelites forgot to do this, they were to offer a calf and a he-goat for sin. The Lord also established one law for all who sinned by ignorance, but those who sinned through arrogance would be put to death. A man who collected wood on the Sabbath was put to death as an example of this law. The Lord also instructed the Israelites to make hems on their cloaks with ribbons of hyacinth to remind them to follow His commandments.
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying"Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have entered into the land of your habitation, which I will give youand you make an offering to the Lord, as a holocaust or as a victim, paying your vows, or as a voluntary offering of gifts, or in your solemnities, burning a sweet odor to the Lord, whether from the oxen or from the sheepwhoever immolates the victim shall offer a sacrifice of fine wheat flour, the tenth part of an ephah, sprinkled with oil, which shall have the measure of the fourth part of a hinand he shall give the same measure of wine, poured out as libations, whether as a holocaust or as a victim.With each lamb and each ram, there shall be a sacrifice of fine wheat flour, of two tenths, which shall be sprinkled with one third part of a hin of oilAnd he shall offer the same measure, one third part of wine, for the libation, as a sweet odor to the LordYet truly, when you will offer, from the oxen, a holocaust or a victim, in order to fulfill your vow or for peace-offering victimsyou shall give, for each ox, three tenths of fine wheat flour, sprinkled with oil, which has the measure of one half of one hinand the wine, poured out as libations, shall be of the same measure, as an oblation of most sweet odor to the LordSo shall you dfor each ox, and ram, and lamb, and young goatBoth natives and sojournershall offer sacrifices by the same ritualsThere shall be one precept and one judgment, as much for yourselves as for newcomers to the land.And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying"Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to themWhen you will arrive in the land which I will give to youand when you will eat from the bread of that region, you shall separate the first-fruits to the Lorfrom the foods that you eat. Just as you separate the first-fruits of your threshing floorsso also shall you give the first-fruits of your cooked grains to the LordAnd if, through ignorance, you neglect any of these things, which the Lord has spoken to Mosesand which he has commanded through him for you, from the day that he began to command and thereafterand if the multitude will have forgotten to do it, then they shall offer a calf from the herd, a holocaust as a most sweet odor to the Lord, and its sacrifice and libations, just as the ceremonies ask, and a he-goat for sinAnd the priest shall pray for the entire multitude of the sons of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, because they did not sin willfully. Nevertheless, they shall offer incense to the Lord for themselves, and for sin, as well as for their errorAnd it shall be forgiven all the people of the sons of Israel, as well as the newcomers who sojourn among them, for it is the culpability of all the people through neglectBut if one soul will have sinned by not knowing, he shall offer a one-year-old she-goat for his sinAnd the priest shall pray for him, because he sinned unknowingly before the Lord. And he shall obtain pardon for him, and it will be forgiven himOne law shall be for all who sin by ignorance, as much for natives as for newcomersYet truly, the soul who commits any of these acts through arrogance, whether he is a citizen or a sojourner, because he has rebelled against the Lord, shall perish from among his peopleFor he has despised the word of the Lord, and he has nullified his precept. For this reason, he shall be destroyed, and he shall bear his iniquity.And it happened that, when the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, and they had found a man collecting wood on the day of the Sabbaththey brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole multitudeAnd they enclosed him in a prison, not knowing what they should do with himAnd the Lord said to Moses, "Let that man be put to death; let the entire crowd crush him with stones, outside the camp.And when they had led him out, they overwhelmed him with stones, and he died, just as the Lord had instructedThe Lord also said to Moses"Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall tell them to make for themselves hems at the corners of their cloaks, placing in them ribbons of hyacinthso that, when they see these, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and they may not follow their own thoughts and eyes, fornicating in various waysbut instead, they, being more mindful of the precepts of the Lord, may do them and may be holy to their GodI am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, so that I may be your God.
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