World English Bible, British Edition
Numbers • Chapter 15
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come
into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
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and will make an offering by fire to the LORD—a burnt offering, or a
sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free will offering, or in your set feasts, to make a pleasant
aroma to the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock—
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then he who offers his offering shall offer to the LORD a meal offering
of one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one fourth
of a hin of oil.
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You shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one fourth of a hin, with
the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
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“‘For a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenths
of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the third
part of a hin of oil;
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and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of
wine, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
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When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering or for a sacrifice, to accomplish
a vow, or for peace offerings to the LORD,
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then he shall offer with the bull a meal offering of three tenths of
an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a
hin of oil;
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and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, for
an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
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Thus it shall be done for each bull, for each ram, for each of the
male lambs, or of the young goats.
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According to the number that you shall prepare, so you shall do to
everyone according to their number.
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“‘All who are native-born shall do these things in this way,
in offering an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
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If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or whoever may be amongst
you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD,
as you do, so he shall do.
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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 the foreigner
shall be before the LORD.
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One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who
lives as a foreigner with you.’”
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into
the land where I bring you,
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then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall
offer up a wave offering to the LORD.
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Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a wave offering.
As the wave offering of the threshing floor, so you shall heave it.
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Of the first of your dough, you shall give to the LORD a wave offering
throughout your generations.
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“‘When you err, and don’t observe all these commandments which
the LORD has spoken to Moses—
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even all that the LORD has commanded you by Moses, from the day that
the LORD gave commandment and onward throughout your generations—
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then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly, without the knowledge
of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a
pleasant aroma to the LORD, with its meal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance,
and one male goat for a sin offering.
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The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children
of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering
made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their error.
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All the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, as
well as the stranger who lives as a foreigner amongst them; for with regard to all the people, it was
done unwittingly.
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“‘If a person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female
goat a year old for a sin offering.
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The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs when he sins
unwittingly before the LORD. He shall make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
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You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him
who is native-born amongst the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner amongst
them.
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“‘But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he
is native-born or a foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That soul shall be cut off from amongst his people.
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Because he has despised the LORD’s word, and has broken his commandment,
that soul shall be utterly cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.’”
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While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found
a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
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Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron,
and to all the congregation.
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They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should
be done to him.
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The LORD said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death.
All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.”
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All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him
to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make
themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations,
and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue.
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It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may see it, and remember all the LORD’s commandments, and do them;
and that you don’t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the prostitute;
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so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to
your God (Elohim).
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I am the LORD your God (Elohim), who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to
be your God (Elohim): I am the LORD your God (Elohim).”