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The bread shall be eaten by Aaron and his sons, in a place set apart for the purpose. For these are offerings made by fire to the Lord under a permanent law of God and are most holy.”

10 Out in the camp one day, a young man whose mother was an Israelite and whose father was an Egyptian got into a fight with one of the men of Israel. 11 During the fight the Egyptian man’s son[a] cursed God, and was brought to Moses for judgment. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 24:11 the Egyptian man’s son, literally, “the Israelite woman’s son.” cursed God, literally, “blasphemed the Name.”

It belongs to Aaron and his sons,(A) who are to eat it in the sanctuary area,(B) because it is a most holy(C) 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. 11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name(D) with a curse;(E) so they brought him to Moses.(F) (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)(G)

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