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Numbers 15

Numbers 15:13

Laws about Offerings · Numbers 15:1–21
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Translations

Modern
Everyone who is native-born shall prepare these things in this way when he presents a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Traditional
All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
Literal
All the native shall do in this manner these things in presenting a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.
Latin
Tam indigenæ quam peregrini

Original

Hebrew
English
Everyone who is native-born shall prepare these things in this way when he presents a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Notes

Numbers 15:12–16

All people in the land, both Israelites and foreigners, were to be equal before the Lord in all matters (see also Leviticus 24:22).

Numbers 15:1–41

Chapters 1–14 cover a short time period, but chapter 15 marks the start of a long period. This is the main part of the forty years in the wilderness, about which little is known. There are references to events during this time (for example, Deuteronomy 8:2–6; 29:5–6; Joshua 5:4–8; Ezekiel 20:10–26; Amos 5:25–26; Acts 7:42–43).

During this period, Moses continued to give laws to guide Israel’s life as a nation. These laws would be especially important in the future. They were meant for the day when the people who survived the wilderness would enter the promised land.

This chapter addresses three main types of laws. Numbers 15 is in the middle of stories about a stubborn and disobedient Israel. It offers hope that the promised land still waited for the next generation of Israel’s people.

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Numbers, Book of Offerings and Sacrifices Wilderness Wanderings

Topics

Offerings: Burnt: Accompanied by Other offerings Offerings: Meat: Offered with the Sacrifices Offerings: Meat: Ordinances Concerning Vows: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To