Passage

Numbers 15.17

Book: Numbers · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

15. For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah. 16. One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

17. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19. then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up a heave-offering unto Jehovah. (Numbers 15:15-19, ASV)

WEB

15. For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner, a statute forever throughout your generations. As you are, so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh. 16. One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.’”

17. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land where I bring you, 19. then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a wave offering to Yahweh. (Numbers 15:15-19, WEB)

KJV

15. One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. 16. One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

17. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19. Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. (Numbers 15:15-19, KJV)

YLT

15. 'One statute is for you of the congregation and for the sojourner who is sojourning, a statute age-during to your generations: as ye [are] so is the sojourner before Jehovah; 16. one law and one ordinance is to you and to the sojourner who is sojourning with you.'

17. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, In your coming in unto the land whither I am bringing you in, 19. then it hath been, in your eating of the bread of the land, ye heave up a heave-offering to Jehovah; (Numbers 15:15-19, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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