Numbers - 15:16

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16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.'"

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 15:16.

Differing Translations

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One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
one law and one ordinance is to you and to the sojourner who is sojourning with you.'
One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojournes with you.
The law and the rule are to be the same for you and for those from other lands living with you.
Lex una et norma una erit vobis et peregrino qui peregrinatur apud vos.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

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