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Numbers 15:16
16The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among 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.
- 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.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)The same instructions and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigners living among you.”
Context of Numbers 15:16
14For 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. 15The 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: The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.’ ” 17The Lord said to Moses, 18“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking 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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