Numbers 15:14

Numbers 15:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.
• New International Version (NIV)For the generations to come, whenever a foreigner or anyone else living among you presents a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, they must do exactly as you do.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if a stranger is sojourning with you, or anyone is living permanently among you, and he wishes to offer a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he shall do as you do.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if a stranger dwells with you, or whoever is among you throughout your generations, and would present an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord, just as you do, so shall he do.

Context of Numbers 15:14

12You must do that for every animal that you offer as a gift to God. 13All the Israelites must do that when they burn sacrifices. The smell of them as they burn will please the Lord. A stranger who is living in your land may want to give a gift by fire to the Lord. He must do the same as you do now, and for all future time. 15These rules will be the same for the Israelites and for all foreign people who live with them. These rules are for now and for all future time. Both you and the foreign person must obey the Lord's rules. 16There is the same law for you and for the foreign person who is living among you. There is only one set of rules.” ’

Numbers 15:14 word by word

וְכִֽי־יָגוּר֩ אִתְּכֶ֨ם גֵּ֜ר א֤וֹ אֲשֶֽׁר־בְּתֽוֹכְכֶם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְעָשָׂ֛ה אִשֵּׁ֥ה רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ כֵּ֥ן יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if a strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• sojournגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• you in your generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• and will offerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• an offering made by fireאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• of a sweetנִיחֹחַnîychôach nîychôach · soothingH5207
• savourרֵיחַrêyach · aromaH7381
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• as ye doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Commentaries on Numbers 15:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14If a stranger sojourn - See the notes on Leviticus 19:33; Leviticus 22:9. When the case of the Jewish people is fairly considered, and their situation with respect to the surrounding idolatrous nations, we shall see the absolute necessity of having but one form of worship in the land. That alone was genuine which was prescribed by the Almighty, and no others could be tolerated, because they were idolatrous. All strangers - all that came to sojourn in the…Read the comment
• 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

Topics related to Numbers 15:14

• Aliens
• Offerings
• Vows

In the dictionaries

• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Presumptuously
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Numbers, Book of
• Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament)

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