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

14Whenever an outsider resides with you, or whoever is among you for your generations to come, and he is to present a fire offering as a fragrant aroma to Adonai, as you do, he must do exactly the same as you are doing. 15“The community will have the same rule for you as well as for the resident outsider. It will be a lasting statute throughout your generations. As for you, so for the outsider will it be before Adonai. The same Torah and the same regulations will apply to both you and the outsider residing among you.” 17Adonai spoke to Moses saying, 18“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael. Say to them: When you enter the land to which I am taking 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

Topics related to Numbers 15:16

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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