Numbers 15:15

Numbers 15:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord:
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. You and the sojourner shall be alike before the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)One ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.

Context of Numbers 15:15

13All the Israelites must do that when they burn sacrifices. The smell of them as they burn will please the Lord. 14A 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. These 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.” ’ 17The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 15:15 word by word

הַקָּהָ֕ל חֻקָּ֥ה אַחַ֛ת לָכֶ֖ם וְלַגֵּ֣ר הַגָּ֑ר חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם כָּכֶ֛ם כַּגֵּ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• ordinanceחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• for you of the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• and also for the strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• that sojournethגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• in your generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• be beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Numbers 15:15

• Numbers 15:29The same rule is for the Israelites and for all the foreign people who live among them. That is when it was a mistake.
• Numbers 9:14People from foreign countries may also eat the Lord's Passover meal, if they are living among you. But they must obey all the rules about the Passover festival. The rules are the same for a foreign person and for an Israelite.” ’
• Exodus 12:49Both the people who were born as Israelites and the foreign people who live among you must obey this rule.’
• Leviticus 24:22This rule is for all the people. It is the same rule for Israelites and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.’
• Galatians 3:28It does not matter whether you are a Jew or a Gentile. It does not matter whether you are a slave or a free person. It does not matter whether you are a man or a woman. You all belong together because you all belong to Christ Jesus.
• Ephesians 2:11So you who were born as Gentiles should remember what you were like before. Jews insulted you because nobody has circumcised you. They themselves are proud that men have circumcised them as God's people.
• Colossians 3:11People have this new nature only because they belong to Christ. That is the important thing. Jews are not different from Gentiles. It does not matter whether someone has circumcised you or not. It does not matter which country you come from or how clever you are. It does not matter whether you are a slave or a free person. Christ is all that matters. He lives in every believer.
• Numbers 10:8The priests, the sons of Aaron, must use the trumpets to make a noise. This is a rule for you and for all your descendants.
• Numbers 18:8The Lord said to Aaron, ‘I give you authority over the things that people offer to me. As priests, part of the gifts that people bring will belong to you and your sons. This rule will always be true for you and your descendants.
• Exodus 12:14In future years, you must remember this day as a special day every year. It will be a festival when you worship me, the Lord. You and your descendants must do this every year, for all time.
• 1 Samuel 30:25David made this a rule for the Israelites, and they still obey it.

Commentaries on Numbers 15:15

• 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 15:15

• Aliens
• Legislation
• Offerings
• Ordinance
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In the dictionaries

• Citizenship
• Congregation
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Foreigner
• Presumptuously
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Numbers, Book of

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