Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read
Scripture: The text alone. Study: The verses explained. Original: The Hebrew and Greek, and the tradition.

Numberschapter 15

41 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Numbers 15— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Numbers 15. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 37 of 54

שְׁלַח־לְךָ Sh'lach, Numbers 13:1 to 15:41

Read with it: Joshua 2:1 to 2:24.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Numbers 15:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

דַּבֵּר֙daberspeakH1696אֶל־ʾel-toH413בְּנֵ֣יbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelH3478וְאָמַרְתָּ֖veamartaand you will sayH559אֲלֵהֶ֑םʾalehemto themH413כִּ֣יkithatH3588תָבֹ֗אוּtavouyou will goH935אֶל־ʾel-intoH413אֶ֙רֶץ֙ʾeretz[the] land ofH776מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םmoshevoteikhemdwelling places yourH4186אֲשֶׁ֥רʾasherwhichH834אֲנִ֖יʾaniIH589נֹתֵ֥ןnoten[am] about to giveH5414לָכֶֽם׃lakhemto <the> you

Ramban on Numbers 15:2

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
After He had assured the children [of those who had left Egypt] that they would come into the Land, 176 Above,:31. He completed [telling] them the laws of the offerings, and that they should bring the drink-offerings when they enter the Land.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Numbers 15:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְיַ֛יִןveyayinand wineH3196תַּקְרִ֥יבtakrivyou will bring nearH7126לַנֶּ֖סֶךְlanesekhfor the drink offeringH5262חֲצִ֣יchatzi<the> half ofH2677הַהִ֑יןhahin<the> hinH1969אִשֵּׁ֥הʾisheha fire offering ofH801רֵֽיחַ־reiach-an odor ofH7381נִיחֹ֖חַnichoachsoothingH5207לַיהוָֽה׃layahwehto YahwehH3068

Rashi on Numbers 15:10

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
אשה ריח FOR A FIRE OFFERING OF [PLEASING] ODOUR — This refers only to the meal-offering and the oil mentioned in v., but the wine is not a fire-offering, since it is not put on the fire.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

Numbers 15:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

הַקָּהָ֕לhakahalthe assemblyH6951חֻקָּ֥הchukaha statuteH2708אַחַ֛תʾachatoneH259לָכֶ֖םlakhem[will belong] to youוְלַגֵּ֣רvelagerand to the sojournerH1616הַגָּ֑רhagarwho sojournsH1481חֻקַּ֤תchukata statute ofH2708עוֹלָם֙olamperpetuityH5769לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םledoroteikhemto generations yourH1755כָּכֶ֛םkakhemas <the> youכַּגֵּ֥רkageras the sojournerH1616יִהְיֶ֖הyihyehit will beH1961לִפְנֵ֥יlifnei<to> beforeH6440יְהוָֽה׃yahwehYahwehH3068

Rashi on Numbers 15:15

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
ככם כגר means, AS YOU ARE SO IS THE STRANGER (“you and the stranger shall be alike”). Thus (the use of the prefix כ with each of two things or persons stated to be exactly alike) is the Hebrew idiom to express complete similarity.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

← Back: Numbers 14Continue: Numbers 16 →