Numbers 15 · Verse 16

Numbers 15:16

One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
Numbers 15:16, King James Version

Numbers 15:16 in other translations

BSBThe same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”
WEBOne law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.’”
ASVOne law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
YLTone law and one ordinance is to you and to the sojourner who is sojourning with you.'
DARBYOne law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
BBEThe law and the rule are to be the same for you and for those from other lands living with you.
WebsterOne law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

What does Numbers 15:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 15:13-16

13-16. 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.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 15:1-21

Chapter Outline The law of the meat-offering and the drink-offering, The stranger under the same law. (1-21) The sacrifice for the sin of ignorance. (22-29) The punishment of presumption, The sabbath-breaker stoned. (30-36) The law for fringes on garment. (37-41) Verses 1-21 Full instructions are given about the meat-offerings and drink-offerings. The beginning of this law is very encouraging, When ye come into the…

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Numbers 15:16 in the original Hebrew

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תּוֹרָ֥הto.Raha lawH8451
אַחַ֛ת'a.ChatoneH259
וּמִשְׁפָּ֥טu.mish.Patand judgmentH4941
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will belongH1961
לָכֶ֑םla.Khemto you
וְלַגֵּ֖רve.la.Gerand to the sojournerH1616
הַגָּ֥רha.Garwho sojournsH1481
אִתְּכֶֽם\׃\ \פ'i.te.Khemwith youH854

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Numbers 15:15

    One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.

  • Numbers 15:16

    One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

  • Numbers 15:17

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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Numbers 15:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Una misma ley y un mismo derecho tendréis, vosotros y el peregrino que con vosotros mora.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il y aura une même loi et une même ordonnance pour vous et pour l’étranger qui séjourne parmi vous.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Einerlei Gesetz und einerlei Recht soll für euch sein und für den Fremdling, der bei euch weilt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens: