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THE MESSAGE

Numbers 15:13

"Every native-born Israelite is to follow this procedure when he brings a Fire-Gift as a pleasing fragrance to God . In future generations, when a foreigner or visitor living at length among you presents a Fire-Gift as a pleasing fragrance to God , the same procedures must be followed. The community has the same rules for you and the foreigner living among you. This is the regular rule for future generations. You and the foreigner are the same before God . The same laws and regulations apply to both you and the foreigner who lives with you."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Offerings;   Vows;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Offerings and Sacrifices;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Kadesh Barnea;   Numbers, the Book of;   Wilderness of the Wanderings;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Sacrifice and Offering;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mordecai;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Anakim;   Genesis;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Meal-Offering;   Priestly Code;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
All who are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to the LORD.
King James Version
All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
Every native must do these things to present an offering made by fire, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh.
New Century Version
"‘All citizens must do these things in this way, and the smell of their offerings by fire will be pleasing to the Lord .
New English Translation
"‘Every native-born person must do these things in this way to present an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord .
Amplified Bible
'All who are native-born shall do these things in this way, in presenting an offering by fire, as a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
'Everyone who is a native shall do these things in this way, in presenting an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All that are borne of the countrey, shall do these things thus, to offer an offring made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
All who are native shall do these things in this manner, in bringing near an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to Yahweh.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Every citizen is to do these things in this way when presenting an offering made by fire as a fragrant aroma for Adonai .
Darby Translation
And all that are born in the land shall do these things thus, in presenting an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"This is the way every citizen of Israel must give gifts to please the Lord .
English Standard Version
Every native Israelite shall do these things in this way, in offering a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
All the house of Israel shall do these things after this manner, and shall offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour to the LORD.
Good News Translation
All native Israelites are to do this when they present a food offering, an odor pleasing to the Lord .
Christian Standard Bible®
“Every Israelite is to prepare these things in this way when he presents a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Literal Translation
All that are native shall do these things in this way, in bringing in an offering made by fire, of a soothing fragrance to Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He that is one of youre selues, shall do this, that he maye offre a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE.
American Standard Version
All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
All those who are Israelites by birth are to do these things in this way, when giving an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All that are borne of the countrey, shal do these thynges after this maner, to offer an offering made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
All that are borne of the countrey shall doe these things after this maner, in offering an offering made by fire of a sweet sauour, vnto the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Every native of the country shall do thus to offer such things as sacrifices for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.
English Revised Version
All that are homeborn shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
Everyone who is native-born shall prepare these things in this way when he presents an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
as wel men borun in the lond,
Young's Literal Translation
every native doth thus with these, at bringing near a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah;
Update Bible Version
All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
All that are born in the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to the LORD.
World English Bible
All who are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
New King James Version
All who are native-born shall do these things in this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
New Living Translation
All of you native-born Israelites must follow these instructions when you offer a special gift as a pleasing aroma to the Lord .
New Life Bible
All who are born in the land must do these things in this way by giving a gift by fire, a pleasing smell to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Every native Israelite shall do these things in this way, in presenting an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Every one born in the land, thus and thus, shall offer these things, - when bringing near an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Both they that are born in the land, and the strangers
Revised Standard Version
All who are native shall do these things in this way, in offering an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'All who are native shall do these things in this manner, in presenting an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When you enter your homeland that I am giving to you and sacrifice a Fire-Gift to God , a Whole-Burnt-Offering or any sacrifice from the herd or flock for a Vow-Offering or Freewill-Offering at one of the appointed feasts, as a pleasing fragrance for God , the one bringing the offering shall present to God a Grain-Offering of two quarts of fine flour mixed with a quart of oil. With each lamb for the Whole-Burnt-Offering or other sacrifice, prepare a quart of oil and a quart of wine as a Drink-Offering. 6"For a ram prepare a Grain-Offering of four quarts of fine flour mixed with one and a quarter quarts of oil and one and a quarter quarts of wine as a Drink-Offering. Present it as a pleasing fragrance to God . 8"When you prepare a young bull as a Whole-Burnt-Offering or sacrifice for a special vow or a Peace-Offering to God , bring with the bull a Grain-Offering of six quarts of fine flour and two quarts of oil. Also bring two quarts of wine as a Drink-Offering. It will be a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance to God . 11"Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this same way. Carry out this procedure for each one, no matter how many you have to prepare. 13"Every native-born Israelite is to follow this procedure when he brings a Fire-Gift as a pleasing fragrance to God . In future generations, when a foreigner or visitor living at length among you presents a Fire-Gift as a pleasing fragrance to God , the same procedures must be followed. The community has the same rules for you and the foreigner living among you. This is the regular rule for future generations. You and the foreigner are the same before God . The same laws and regulations apply to both you and the foreigner who lives with you." 17 God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When you enter the land into which I'm bringing you, and you eat the food of that country, set some aside as an offering for God . From the first batch of bread dough make a round loaf for an offering—an offering from the threshing floor. Down through the future generations make this offering to God from each first batch of dough.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"
Genesis 15:2
Abram said, " God , Master, what use are your gifts as long as I'm childless and Eliezer of Damascus is going to inherit everything?" Abram continued, "See, you've given me no children, and now a mere house servant is going to get it all."
Genesis 15:6
And he believed! Believed God ! God declared him "Set-Right-with-God."
Genesis 15:7
God continued, "I'm the same God who brought you from Ur of the Chaldees and gave you this land to own."
Genesis 15:8
Abram said, "Master God , how am I to know this, that it will all be mine?"
Genesis 15:13
God said to Abram, "Know this: your descendants will live as outsiders in a land not theirs; they'll be enslaved and beaten down for 400 years. Then I'll punish their slave masters; your offspring will march out of there loaded with plunder. But not you; you'll have a long and full life and die a good and peaceful death. Not until the fourth generation will your descendants return here; sin is still a thriving business among the Amorites."
Exodus 1:11
So they organized them into work-gangs and put them to hard labor under gang-foremen. They built the storage cities Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. But the harder the Egyptians worked them the more children the Israelites had—children everywhere! The Egyptians got so they couldn't stand the Israelites and treated them worse than ever, crushing them with slave labor. They made them miserable with hard labor—making bricks and mortar and back-breaking work in the fields. They piled on the work, crushing them under the cruel workload.
Exodus 22:21
"Don't abuse or take advantage of strangers; you, remember, were once strangers in Egypt.
Exodus 23:9
"Don't take advantage of a stranger. You know what it's like to be a stranger; you were strangers in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:19
You must treat foreigners with the same loving care— remember, you were once foreigners in Egypt. Reverently respect God , your God, serve him, hold tight to him, back up your promises with the authority of his name. He's your praise! He's your God! He did all these tremendous, these staggering things that you saw with your own eyes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner,.... Meaning that all Israelites should with their sacrifices bring their meat and drink offerings of the quantity directed to as above:

in offering an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the Lord; when they offered any burnt offerings or peace offerings: the Jews say, that all sacrifices, whether of the congregation or of a private person, require drink offerings, excepting the firstborn, the tithes, the passover, the sin offering, and the trespass offering; but the sin offering of the leper, and his trespass offering, require them h: the Targum of Jonathan is,

"all that are born in Israel, and not among the people, shall make these drink offerings thus;''

for though an uncircumcised Gentile might bring burnt offerings and peace offerings, yet not meat offerings and drink offerings with them;

:-; only such as were proselytes of righteousness, as in Numbers 15:14.

h Misn. Menachot, c. 9. 6.


 
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