the Jews bound themselves, their descendants, and all who joined with them to a commitment that they would not fail to celebrate these two days each and every year according to the written instructions and according to the time appointed.
Numbers 15:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The assembly is to have the same statute for both you and the resident foreigner as a permanent statute throughout your generations. You and the foreigner will be alike before the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There shall be one [and the same] statute [both] for you [of the congregation] and for the stranger who is a temporary resident with you, a statute forever throughout your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The assembly will have the same regulation for you and for the immigrant. The regulation will be permanent for all time. You and the immigrant will be the same in the LORD’s presence. Catholic Public Domain Version There shall be one precept and one judgment, as much for yourselves as for newcomers to the land." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There shall be all one law and judgment both for you and for them who are strangers in the land. |
the Jews bound themselves, their descendants, and all who joined with them to a commitment that they would not fail to celebrate these two days each and every year according to the written instructions and according to the time appointed.
‘This day is to be a memorial for you, and you must celebrate it as a festival to the Lord. You are to celebrate it throughout your generations as a permanent statute.
‘Keep this command permanently as a statute for you and your descendants.
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner may eat it.
The same law will apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.’
These must be worn by Aaron and his sons whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the sanctuary area, so that they do not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and for his future descendants.
You are to have the same law for the resident foreigner and the native, because I am the Lord your God.’
The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. Your use of these is a permanent statute throughout your generations.
When a foreigner resides with you or someone else is among you and wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he is to do exactly as you do throughout your generations.
You are to have the same law for the person who acts in error, whether he is an Israelite or a foreigner who resides among you.
Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, ‘Look, I have put you in charge of the contributions brought to me. As for all the holy offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
‘If a foreigner resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, he is to do it according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the resident foreigner and the native of the land.’
There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus.
In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.
All Israel #– #resident foreigner and citizen alike #– #with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on either side of the ark of the Lord’s covenant facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded earlier concerning blessing the people of Israel.
And it has been so from that day forward. David established this policy as a law and an ordinance for Israel and it still continues today.