The Israelites kill a man who said bad things about God
10-11 There was a man whose mother's name was Shelomith. She was an Israelite woman, the daughter of Dibri who belonged to the tribe of Dan. The man's father was an Egyptian. The man started to fight against an Israelite man inside the camp. While they were fighting, the man insulted the Lord's name with a curse. 12 So the Israelites took hold of the man and they put guards to watch him. They wanted the Lord to show them what they should do.
13 The Lord said to Moses, 14 ‘Take the man who spoke the curse outside the camp. All the people who heard what he said must put their hands on his head. Then all the people must throw stones at him to kill him. 15 Warn Israel's people, “If anyone curses me, their God, they deserve their punishment. 16 So if someone insults the Lord's name, his punishment must be death. All the people must throw stones at him until he is dead. It does not matter whether he is a foreign person or an Israelite. You must kill anyone who insults the Lord's name.
Rules about fair punishment
17 If anyone kills another person, you must punish him with death. 18 If someone kills an animal that belongs to someone else, he must pay for it with a living animal. He took away a life, so he must give a life. 19 If a man hurts another person, you must punish him as he deserves. Hurt him in the same way that he has hurt the other person. 20 If he has broken one of the person's bones, break one of his bones. If he hurt the person's eye, hurt his eye. If he has broken a person's tooth, break his tooth. 21 If someone kills an animal that belongs to someone else, he must pay for it with a living animal. But if someone kills another person, you must punish him with death. 22 The same rule is for everyone, both Israelites and foreign people who live among you. I am the Lord your God.” ’
23 Moses told Israel's people what the Lord had said. They took the man who spoke the curse outside the camp. They threw stones at him until he died. Israel's people did what the Lord had commanded Moses to do.
