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Aaron must lay fresh loaves on the table each Sabbath, and priests in all generations must continue this practice as part of Israel's agreement with me. (A) This bread will always belong to Aaron and his family; it is very holy because it was offered to me, and it must be eaten in a holy place.[a]

Punishment for Cursing the Lord

10-11 Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the tribe of Dan, had married an Egyptian, and they had a son. One day their son got into a fight with an Israelite man in camp and cursed the name of the Lord. So the young man was dragged off to Moses,

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Footnotes

  1. 24.9 holy place: The courtyard of the sacred tent (see 6.16,17).

This bread is to be set out before the Lord regularly,(A) Sabbath after Sabbath,(B) on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant. It belongs to Aaron and his sons,(C) who are to eat it in the sanctuary area,(D) because it is a most holy(E) part of their perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the Lord.”

A Blasphemer Put to Death

10 Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.

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