14 And if a stranger [a]dwells with you, or whoever is among you throughout your generations, and would present an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord, just as you do, so shall he do. 15 (A)One [b]ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 16 One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you.’ ”

17 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 (B)“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land to which I bring you, 19 then it will be, when you eat of (C)the bread of the land, that you shall offer up a heave offering to the Lord. 20 (D)You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering; as (E)a heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up. 21 Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations.

Laws Concerning Unintentional Sin

22 (F)‘If you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses— 23 all that the Lord has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day the Lord gave commandment and onward throughout your generations— 24 then it will be, (G)if it is unintentionally committed, [c]without the knowledge of the congregation, that the whole congregation shall offer one young bull as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the Lord, (H)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and (I)one kid of the goats as a sin offering. 25 (J)So the priest shall make atonement for the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was unintentional; they shall bring their offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their unintended sin. 26 It shall be forgiven the whole congregation of the children of Israel and the stranger who dwells among them, because all the people did it unintentionally.

27 ‘And (K)if a person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering. 28 (L)So the priest shall make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally before the Lord, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 (M)You shall have one law for him who sins unintentionally, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwells among them.

Law Concerning Presumptuous Sin

30 (N)‘But the person who does anything [d]presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one [e]brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be [f]cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has (O)despised the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his [g]guilt shall be upon him.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:14 As a resident alien
  2. Numbers 15:15 statute
  3. Numbers 15:24 Lit. away from the eyes
  4. Numbers 15:30 defiantly, lit. with a high hand
  5. Numbers 15:30 blasphemes
  6. Numbers 15:30 Put to death
  7. Numbers 15:31 iniquity

14 For the generations to come,(A) whenever a foreigner(B) or anyone else living among you presents a food(C) offering(D) 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.(E) 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.(F)’”

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(G) 19 and you eat the food of the land,(H) present a portion as an offering to the Lord.(I) 20 Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal(J) and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.(K) 21 Throughout the generations to come(L) you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.(M)

Offerings for Unintentional Sins

22 “‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses(N) 23 any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come(O) 24 and if this is done unintentionally(P) without the community being aware of it,(Q) then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering(R) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,(S) along with its prescribed grain offering(T) and drink offering,(U) and a male goat for a sin offering.[a](V) 25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,(W) for it was not intentional(X) and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering(Y) and a sin offering.(Z) 26 The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.(AA)

27 “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally,(AB) that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.(AC) 28 The priest is to make atonement(AD) before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.(AE) 29 One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.(AF)

30 “‘But anyone who sins defiantly,(AG) whether native-born or foreigner,(AH) blasphemes the Lord(AI) and must be cut off from the people of Israel.(AJ) 31 Because they have despised(AK) the Lord’s word and broken his commands,(AL) they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.(AM)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:24 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 27