Numbers 15 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Laws for Canaan

15 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “^(A)Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land ^[a]where you are to live, which I am giving you, ³ then make ^(B)an offering by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to ^[b](C)fulfill a special vow, or as a freewill offering or in your ^(D)appointed times, to make a ^(E)soothing aroma to the Lord, from the herd or from the flock. ^{4 (F)}The one who presents his offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a ^[c]hin of oil, ⁵ and you shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one-fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for ^(G)each lamb. ⁶ Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil; ⁷ and for the drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a soothing aroma to the Lord. ⁸ When you prepare ^(H)a bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to ^[d]fulfill a special vow, or for peace offerings to the Lord, ⁹ then you shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-half a hin of oil; ¹⁰ and you shall offer as the drink offering one-half a hin of wine as an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord.

¹¹ ‘Thus it shall be done for each ox, or for each ram, or for each of the male lambs, or of the goats. ¹² According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do for everyone according to their number. ¹³ All who are native shall do these things in this manner, in presenting an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Law of the Sojourner

¹⁴ If an alien sojourns with you, or one who may be among you throughout your generations, and he wishes to make an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord, just as you do so he shall do. ¹⁵ As for the assembly, there shall be ^(I)one statute for you and for the alien who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the alien be before the Lord. ¹⁶ There is to be ^(J)one law and one ordinance for you and for the alien who sojourns with you.’”

¹⁷ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸ “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land where I bring you, ¹⁹ then it shall be, that when you eat of the ^[e](K)food of the land, you shall lift up ^[f]an offering to the Lord. ^{20 (L)}Of the first of your ^[g]dough you shall lift up a cake as an ^[h]offering; as ^(M)the ^[i]offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up. ²¹ From the first of your ^[j]dough you shall give to the Lord an ^[k]offering throughout your generations.

²² ‘But when you ^(N)unwittingly fail and do not observe all these commandments, which the Lord has spoken to Moses, ²³ even all that the Lord has commanded you ^[l]through Moses, from the day when the Lord gave commandment and onward throughout your generations, ²⁴ then it shall be, if it is done ^(O)unintentionally, ^[m]without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one bull for a burnt offering, as a soothing aroma to the Lord, ^(P)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering. ²⁵ Then ^(Q)the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they will be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their error. ²⁶ So all the congregation of the sons of Israel will be forgiven, with the alien who sojourns among them, for it happened to all the people through ^(R)error.

²⁷ ‘Also if one person sins ^(S)unintentionally, then he shall offer a one year old female goat for a sin offering. ^{28 (T)}The priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who goes astray when he sins unintentionally, making atonement for him ^[n]that he may be forgiven. ²⁹ You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the sons of Israel and for the alien who sojourns among them. ³⁰ But the person who does anything ^(U)defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from among his people. ³¹ Because he has ^(V)despised the word of the Lord and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; ^(W)his ^[o]guilt will be on him.’”

Sabbath-breaking Punished

³² Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man ^(X)gathering wood on the sabbath day. ³³ Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation; ³⁴ and they put him in ^[p]custody ^(Y)because it had not been ^[q]declared what should be done to him. ³⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death; ^(Z)all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.” ³⁶ So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him ^[r]to death with stones, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁷ The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁸ “Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves ^(AA)tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue. ³⁹ It shall be a tassel for you ^[s]to look at and ^(AB)remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not ^[t]follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot, ⁴⁰ so that you may remember to do all My commandments and ^(AC)be holy to your God. ⁴¹ I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.”

Footnotes

1. Numbers 15:2 Lit of your dwellings
2. Numbers 15:3 Or make a special votive offering
3. Numbers 15:4 I.e. Approx one gal., and so through v 10
4. Numbers 15:8 Or make a special votive offering
5. Numbers 15:19 Lit bread
6. Numbers 15:19 Or a heave offering
7. Numbers 15:20 Or coarse meal
8. Numbers 15:20 Or heave offering
9. Numbers 15:20 Or heave offering
10. Numbers 15:21 Or coarse meal
11. Numbers 15:21 Or offering lifted up
12. Numbers 15:23 Lit by the hand of
13. Numbers 15:24 Lit from the eyes of the congregation
14. Numbers 15:28 Or and he shall
15. Numbers 15:31 Or iniquity
16. Numbers 15:34 Or prison
17. Numbers 15:34 Lit declared distinctly
18. Numbers 15:36 Lit with stones and he died
19. Numbers 15:39 Lit and you shall look at it
20. Numbers 15:39 Lit seek

Cross references

1. Numbers 15:2 : Lev 23:10
2. Numbers 15:3 : Lev 1:2, 3
3. Numbers 15:3 : Lev 22:21
4. Numbers 15:3 : Lev 23:1-44
5. Numbers 15:3 : Gen 8:21; 2 Cor 2:15, 16; Phil 4:18
6. Numbers 15:4 : Num 28:1-29:40
7. Numbers 15:5 : Lev 1:10; 3:6; Num 15:11
8. Numbers 15:8 : Lev 1:3; 3:1
9. Numbers 15:15 : Num 9:14; 15:29
10. Numbers 15:16 : Lev 24:22
11. Numbers 15:19 : Josh 5:11, 12
12. Numbers 15:20 : Ex 34:26; Lev 23:14
13. Numbers 15:20 : Deut 14:22, 23; 16:13
14. Numbers 15:22 : Lev 4:2
15. Numbers 15:24 : Lev 4:2, 22, 27; 5:15, 18
16. Numbers 15:24 : Num 15:8-10
17. Numbers 15:25 : Lev 4:20; Heb 2:17
18. Numbers 15:26 : Num 15:24
19. Numbers 15:27 : Lev 4:27-31; Luke 12:48
20. Numbers 15:28 : Lev 4:35
21. Numbers 15:30 : Num 14:40-44; Deut 1:43; 17:12, 13
22. Numbers 15:31 : 2 Sam 12:9; Prov 13:13
23. Numbers 15:31 : Ezek 18:20
24. Numbers 15:32 : Ex 31:14, 15; 35:2, 3
25. Numbers 15:34 : Num 9:8
26. Numbers 15:35 : Lev 20:2, 27; 24:14-23; Deut 21:21
27. Numbers 15:38 : Deut 22:12; Matt 23:5
28. Numbers 15:39 : Deut 4:23; 6:12; 8:11, 14, 19
29. Numbers 15:40 : Lev 11:44, 45