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Numbers 15

Numbers 15:14

Laws about Offerings · Numbers 15:1–21
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Translations

Modern
And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.
Traditional
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.
Literal
And if a sojourner sojourns with you, or whoever is in your midst throughout your generations, and he would present a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH—as you do, so shall he do.
Latin
…eodem ritu offerent sacrificia.

Original

Hebrew
English
And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.

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

Aliens: Religious Privileges of Offerings: Burnt: Accompanied by Other offerings Offerings: Made by Strangers, to be the Same As by the Jews Offerings: Meat: Offered with the Sacrifices Offerings: Meat: Ordinances Concerning Strangers in Israel: Laws Respecting: Might offer Their Burnt-Offerings on the Altar of God Vows: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To