Numbers 15:16

Numbers 15:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
• New International Version (NIV)The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you.’ ”

Context of Numbers 15:16

14When an alien resides with you or someone else is among you and wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he is to do exactly as you do throughout your generations. 15The assembly is to have the same statute for both you and the resident alien as a permanent statute throughout your generations. You and the alien will be alike before the Lord. The same law and the same ordinance will apply to both you and the alien who resides with you.” 17The Lord instructed Moses, 18“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land where I am bringing you,

Numbers 15:16 word by word

תּוֹרָ֥ה אַחַ֛ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט אֶחָ֖ד יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם וְלַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר אִתְּכֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• mannerמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• shall be for you, and for the strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• that sojournethגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481

Commentaries on Numbers 15:16

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-16All people in the land, both Israelites and foreigners, were to be equal before the Lord in all matters (see also Leviticus 24:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1613-16. a stranger--one who had become a proselyte. There were scarcely any of the national privileges of the Israelites, in which the Gentile stranger might not, on conforming to certain conditions, fully participate.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Numbers 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings