Leviticus 24:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as the homeborn, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And he who blasphemes the Name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him; the stranger as well as he who was born in the land shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name [of the Lord].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, shall be put to death.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ And anyone who blasphemes the LORD’s name must be executed. The whole community will stone that person. Immigrant and citizen alike: whenever someone blasphemes the Lord’s name, that person will be executed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ and whoever will have blasphemed the name of the Lord shall be put to death. The entire multitude shall overwhelm him with stones, whether he be a citizen or a sojourner. Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die. All the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die.

Leviticus 24:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 6:2

And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of the LORD of hosts that sitteth upon the cherubim.

Psalm 139:20

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Psalm 74:18

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, And that foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Exodus 20:7

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Exodus 22:28

Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

Leviticus 20:2

Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

Matthew 12:31

Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

Matthew 26:66

what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.

Mark 14:64

Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be worthy of death.

John 19:7

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Acts 26:11

And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

Acts 7:58

and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

1 Timothy 1:13

though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

James 2:7

Do not they blaspheme the honourable name by the which ye are called?