Numbers 15:29
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Numbers 15:29 in other translations
| BSB | You shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you. |
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| WEB | You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them. |
| ASV | Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. |
| YLT | for the native among the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst--one law is to you, for him who is doing anything through ignorance. |
| DARBY | For him that is born in the land among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them — there shall be one law for you, for him who doeth anything through inadvertence. |
| BBE | The law in connection with wrong done unconsciously is to be the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from another country who is living among them. |
| Webster | Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. |
What does Numbers 15:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 15:27-29
27-29. if any soul sin through ignorance--not only in common with the general body of the people, but his personal sins were to be expiated in the same manner.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 15:22-29
Though ignorance will in a degree excuse, it will not justify those who might have known their Lord's will, yet did it not. David prayed to be cleansed from his secret faults, those sins which he himself was not aware of. Sins committed ignorantly, shall be forgiven through Christ the great Sacrifice, who, when he offered up himself once for all upon the cross, seemed to explain one part of the intention of his…
Numbers 15:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 15:29
- 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.
- Leviticus 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
- Numbers 9:14
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
- Leviticus 17:15
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
- Romans 3:29-30
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
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- Numbers 15:28
And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
- Numbers 15:29
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
- Numbers 15:30
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Numbers 15:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El natural entre los hijos de Israel, y el peregrino que habitare entre ellos, una misma ley tendréis para el que hiciere algo por yerro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il y aura une même loi pour vous quant à celui qui a agi par erreur, tant pour celui qui est né dans le pays parmi les fils d’Israël, que pour l’étranger qui séjourne au milieu d’eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Für den Eingeborenen unter den Kindern Israel und für den Fremdling, der in ihrer Mitte weilt, sollt ihr ein Gesetz haben, für den, der aus Versehen etwas tut. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tam indigenis quam advenis una lex erit omnium, qui peccaverint ignorantes. |