New English Translation
Numbers 15:16
16One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.’”
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
14If a resident foreigner is living with you – or whoever is among you in future generations – and prepares an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he must do it the same way you are to do it. 15One statute must apply to you who belong to the congregation and to the resident foreigner who is living among you, as a permanent statute for your future generations. You and the resident foreigner will be alike before the Lord. One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.’” 17The Lord spoke to Moses: 18“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land to which I am bringing you
Read all of Numbers 15Numbers 15:16 word by word
תּוֹרָ֥ה אַחַ֛ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט אֶחָ֖ד יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם וְלַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר אִתְּכֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
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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
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