Numbers 15 - English Standard Version (ESV)

Laws About Sacrifices

15 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ^(A)When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you, ³and ^(B)you offer to the Lord from the herd or from the flock a food offering^[a] or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, ^(C)to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or ^(D)at your appointed feasts, to make a ^(E)pleasing aroma to the Lord, ⁴then ^(F)he who brings his offering shall offer to the Lord ^(G)a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah^[b] of fine flour, ^(H)mixed with a quarter of a hin^[c] of oil; ⁵and you shall offer with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, a quarter of a hin of ^(I)wine for the drink offering for each lamb. ⁶^(J)Or for a ram, you shall offer for a grain offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil. ⁷And for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, a ^(K)pleasing aroma to the Lord. ⁸And when you offer a bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, to ^(L)fulfill a vow or for ^(M)peace offerings to the Lord, ⁹then one shall offer ^(N)with the bull a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with half a hin of oil. ¹⁰And you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

¹¹^(O)“Thus it shall be done for each bull or ram, or for each lamb or young goat. ¹²As many as you offer, so shall you do with each one, as many as there are. ¹³Every native Israelite shall do these things in this way, in offering a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. ¹⁴And if a stranger is sojourning with you, or anyone is living permanently among you, and he wishes to offer a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he shall do as you do. ¹⁵For the assembly, ^(P)there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. You and the sojourner shall be alike before the Lord. ¹⁶One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.”

¹⁷The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸^(Q)“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land to which I bring you ¹⁹and when you eat of ^(R)the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the Lord. ²⁰^(S)Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a ^(T)contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it. ²¹^(U)Some of the first of your dough you shall give to the Lord as a contribution throughout your generations.

Laws About Unintentional Sins

²²^(V)“But if you sin unintentionally,^[d] and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses, ²³all that the Lord has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the Lord gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations, ²⁴then if it was done unintentionally ^(W)without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one bull from the herd for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord, ^(X)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule, and ^(Y)one male goat for a sin offering. ²⁵^(Z)And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, because it was a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their mistake. ²⁶And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the mistake.

²⁷^(AA)“If one person sins unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. ²⁸^(AB)And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. ²⁹^(AC)You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the people of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them. ³⁰^(AD)But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people. ³¹Because he has ^(AE)despised the word of the Lord and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.”

A Sabbathbreaker Executed

³²While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man ^(AF)gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. ³³And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation. ³⁴^(AG)They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him. ³⁵And the Lord said to Moses, ^(AH)“The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall ^(AI)stone him with stones outside the camp.” ³⁶And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Tassels on Garments

³⁷The Lord said to Moses, ³⁸“Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to ^(AJ)make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner. ³⁹And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, ^(AK)not to follow^[e] after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined ^(AL)to whore after. ⁴⁰So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be ^(AM)holy to your God. ⁴¹^(AN)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord your God.”

Footnotes

Numbers 15:3 Or an offering by fire; so throughout Numbers
Numbers 15:4 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
Numbers 15:4 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
Numbers 15:22 Or by mistake; also verses 24, 27, 28, 29
Numbers 15:39 Hebrew to spy out

Cross references

Numbers 15 - Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

15 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 2 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land of your dwellings, which I am giving to you, 3 then ye have prepared a fire-offering to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, at separating a vow or free-wil...
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Numbers 15 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

15 And the Lord spake to Moses, and said, 2 Speak thou to the sons of Israel (Speak thou to the Israelites), and thou shalt say to them, When ye have entered into the land of your habitation, which I shall give to you, 3 and ye shall make an offering to the Lord into burnt sacrifice, either a peacea...
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Numbers 15 - World English Bible (WEB)

15 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you, 3 and will make an offering by fire to Yahweh—a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free will offering, or in yo...
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Numbers 15 - The Voice (VOICE)

15 The Eternal One spoke to Moses about sacrifices. Eternal One: 2 Give the Israelites these instructions: “When you enter the land I determined would be yours, where you’ll settle and make your homes, 3-4 and when you burn a food offering, burnt offering, or sacrifice of meat from the herd or floc...
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Numbers 15 - Tree of Life Version (TLV)

Fragrant Aromas to Adonai15 Again Adonai spoke to Moses saying, 2 “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you where you will make your homes, 3 and you are presenting a fire offering to Adonai—a burnt offering or a sacrifice to mark fulfilling a vow, a free...
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Numbers 15 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

Various Offerings15 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I give you, 3 and you offer to the Lord from the herd or from the flock an offering by fire or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfil a vow or as a freewill offerin...
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Numbers 15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Numbers 15 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Various Offerings15 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you, 3 and you make an offering by fire to the Lord from the herd or from the flock—whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill ...
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Numbers 15 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

Numbers 15 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

Numbers 15 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Various Offerings15 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you,(A)3 and you make an offering by fire[a] to the Lord from the herd or from the flock—whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulf...
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Numbers 15 - New Living Translation (NLT)

Laws concerning Offerings15 Then the Lord told Moses, 2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.“When you finally settle in the land I am giving you, 3 you will offer special gifts as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. These gifts may take the form of a burnt offering, a sacrifice to ful...
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Numbers 15 - New Life Version (NLV)

Laws about Gifts Given on the Altar15 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the people of Israel, ‘When you go into the land where you are to live, which I am giving you, 3 then give a gift in worship by fire to the Lord. Give a gift from the herd or the flock, a burnt gift, or a gift to keep a specia...
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Numbers 15 - New King James Version (NKJV)

Laws of Grain and Drink Offerings15 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 (A)“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you have come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving to you, 3 and you (B)make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering or a sacrifice, (C)to...
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Numbers 15 - New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

Supplementary offerings15 The Lord said to Moses, 2 ‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “After you enter the land I am giving you as a home 3 and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock, as an aroma pleasing to the Lord – whether burnt offerings or sacrifices, for s...
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Numbers 15 - New International Version (NIV)

Supplementary Offerings15 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘After you enter the land I am giving you(A) as a home 3 and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock,(B) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord(C)—whether burnt offerings(D) or sacrifice...
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Numbers 15 - New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

Other Offerings15 Here is what the Lord said to Moses. 2 “Say to the Israelites, ‘You are going to enter the land I am giving you as a home. 3 When you do, you will present food offerings to the Lord. The animals must come from your herd or flock. The smell of the offerings will please the Lord. T...
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Numbers 15 - New English Translation (NET)

Sacrificial Rulings15 [a] The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land where you are to live,[b] which I am giving you,[c] 3 and you make an offering by fire to the Lord from the herd or from the flock (whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice for disc...
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