NET Bible
"So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the LORD."
— Leviticus 24:12, NET Bible
“And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.”
“And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah. ”
“They put him in custody, until the will of Yahweh should be declared to them.”
“And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command.”
“And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.”
“And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.”
It will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they must eat it in a holy place because it is most holy to him, a perpetual allotted portion from the gifts of the LORD.
A Case of Blaspheming the Name Now an Israelite woman’s son whose father was an Egyptian went out among the Israelites, and the Israelite woman’s son and an Israelite man had a fight in the camp.
The Israelite woman’s son misused the Name and cursed, so they brought him to Moses.(Now his mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the LORD.
Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
“Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.
Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,