Numbers 15:16

16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.’ ”

Numbers 15:16 in Other Translations

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

16 One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you."

16 The same instructions and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigners living among you.”

16 The same laws and regulations apply to both you and the foreigner who lives with you."

16 The same law and the same ordinance will apply to both you and the foreigner who resides with you."

Numbers 15:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 15:16

One law, and one manner
One law respecting these sacrifices, and one manner of offering them; one and the same precept to be observed, and one and the same judgment or punishment inflicted in case of non-observance:

shall be for you, and the stranger that sojourneth with you;
for Israelites and proselytes; which is said to invite and encourage the latter, and may have a distant view to the calling of the Gentiles in Gospel times, when there should be no difference between Jews and Gentiles called by grace in matters of religion, but would be one in Christ, ( Galatians 3:28 ) .

Numbers 15:16 In-Context

14 For the generations to come, whenever a foreigner or anyone else living among you presents a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, they must do exactly as you do.

15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD:

16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.’ ”

17 The LORD said to Moses,

18 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking you

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 12:49; S Leviticus 22:18; Numbers 9:14