Numbers 15:29
in Numbers 15You 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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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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Numbers 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And if any soul sin through ignorance
on Numbers 15:27-31
One man's error is met with a she goat of the first year, and verse 29 puts the stranger under the same one law that verse 16 gave for the offerings. Verse 30 names a second kind of act and appoints no offering for it anywhere. The word rendered presumptuously is the Hebrew for a high hand, the phrase used of Israel's own departure from Egypt at Numbers 33:3, so what is described is a raised arm rather than a stumble. Henry and Clarke both set Hebrews 10:26 beside it, where there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins for the man who sins wilfully.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the L ORD commanded Moses. The general doom passed upon presumptuous sinners. Those are to be reckoned presumptuous sinners that sin with a high hand, as the original phrase is (
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You shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance,.... Which enjoins a she goat for a sin offering for such: both for him that is born amongst the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them; both sinning through ignorance, the same sacrifice was offered for them, by which atonement was made, and through which their sin was forgiven; by whom are meant homeborn Israelites and proselytes of righteousness, who were under the same laws, and enjoyed the same privileges, as do now believing Jews and Gentiles.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
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The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָֽאֶזְרָח֙ | haezrach | the native-born | H249 → | 17 times |
| בִּבְנֵ֣י | bivnei | among [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְלַגֵּ֖ר | velager | and to the sojourner | H1616 → | 92 times |
| הַגָּ֣ר | hagar | who sojourns | H1481 → | 97 times |
| בְּתוֹכָ֑ם | betokham | in midst of them | H8432 → | 418 times |
| תּוֹרָ֤ה | torah | a law | H8451 → | 219 times |
| אַחַת֙ | ʾachat | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| יִהְיֶ֣ה | yihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֔ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| לָעֹשֶׂ֖ה | laoseh | for the [one who] acts | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃ | bishgagah | by inadvertence | H7684 → | 19 times |
הָֽאֶזְרָח֙the native-born
haezrachH249 →17 times
בִּבְנֵ֣יamong [the] people of
bivneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְלַגֵּ֖רand to the sojourner
velagerH1616 →92 times
הַגָּ֣רwho sojourns
hagarH1481 →97 times
בְּתוֹכָ֑םin midst of them
betokhamH8432 →418 times
תּוֹרָ֤הa law
torahH8451 →219 times
אַחַת֙one
ʾachatH259 →971 times
יִהְיֶ֣הit will belong
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֔םto <the> you
lakhem
לָעֹשֶׂ֖הfor the [one who] acts
laosehH6213 →2628 times
בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃by inadvertence
bishgagahH7684 →19 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 15:15The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same…
it leads to
- Numbers 9:14
If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute…
- Exodus 12:49
The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
- Numbers 9:14
Through
Numbers 9:14If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute…
it leads to
- Exodus 12:48–49
If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be…
- Exodus 12:48–49
Through
Leviticus 17:15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he…
it leads to
- Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
- Exodus 22:31
You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
- Deuteronomy 14:21
You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are…
- Leviticus 22:8
Through
Leviticus 16:29This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among…
it leads to
- Numbers 29:7
On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
- Isaiah 58:3
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress…
- Numbers 29:7
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.