Numbers 15

Laws About Sacrifices

1 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 fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or d in your appointed feasts, to make a e sweet 1 aroma to the LORD, from the herd or the flock, 4 'then f he who presents his offering to the LORD shall bring g a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed h with one-fourth of a hin of oil; 5 i 'and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering you shall prepare with the burnt offering or the sacrifice, for each j lamb. 6 k '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 as a drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a sweet aroma to the LORD. 8 'And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering, or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a l peace offering to the LORD, 9 'then shall be offered m with the young bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil; 10 'and you shall bring as the drink offering half a hin of wine as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.

11 n 'Thus it shall be done for each young bull, for each ram, or for each lamb or young goat. 12 'According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do with everyone according to their number. 13 '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. 14 'And if a stranger 2 dwells with you, or whoever is among you throughout your generations, and would present an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD, just as you do, so shall he do. 15 o 'One 3 ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. 16 'One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you.' " 4

17 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 18 p "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land to which I bring you, 19 'then it will be, when you eat of q the bread of the land, that you shall offer up a heave offering to the LORD. 20 r 'You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering; as s a heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up. 21 'Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to the LORD a heave offering throughout your generations.

Laws About Unintentional Sins

22 t 'If you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses - 23 'all that the LORD has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day the LORD gave commandment and onward throughout your generations - 24 'then it will be, u if it is unintentionally committed, 5 without the knowledge of the congregation, that the whole congregation shall offer one young bull as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the LORD, v with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and w one kid of the goats as a sin offering. 25 x 'So the priest shall make atonement for the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was unintentional; they shall bring their offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their unintended sin. 26 'It shall be forgiven the whole congregation of the children of Israel and the stranger who dwells among them, because all the people did it unintentionally.

27 'And y if a person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering. 28 z 'So the priest shall make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally before the LORD, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 a 'You shall have one law for him who sins unintentionally, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwells among them. 30 b 'But the person who does anything 6 presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one 7 brings reproach on the LORD, and he shall be 8 cut off from among his people. 31 'Because he has c despised the word of the LORD, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his 9 guilt shall be upon him.' "

A Sabbathbreaker Executed

32 Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, d they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. 34 They put him e under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him. 35 Then the LORD said to Moses, f "The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall g stone him with stones outside the camp." 36 So, as the LORD commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died.

Tassels on Garments

37 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 38 "Speak to the children of Israel: Tell h them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. 39 "And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and i remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them, and that you j may not k follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, 40 "and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be l holy for your God. 41 "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."

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:10
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
    Numbers 15:18
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land to which I bring you.
    Deuteronomy 7:1
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the livestock - of the herd and of the flock.
    Leviticus 1:3
    If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:16
    But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice; but on the next day the remainder of it also may be eaten.
    Leviticus 22:18
    Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings, which they offer to the LORD as a burnt offering -
    Leviticus 22:21
    And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to the...
    Leviticus 23:8
    'But you shall offer an offering made by fire t...
    Leviticus 23:12
    And you shall offer on that day, when you wave ...
    Leviticus 23:38
    Besides the Sabbaths of the LORD, besides your ...
    Numbers 28:18
    On the first day you shall have a holy convocat...
    Numbers 28:19
    And you shall present an offering made by fire ...
    Numbers 28:27
    You shall present a burnt offering as a sweet a...
    Deuteronomy 16:10
    Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the L...
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 8:21
    And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
    Exodus 29:18
    And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
    Leviticus 1:9
    But he shall wash its entrails and its legs with water. And the priest shall burn all on the altar as a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:1
    When anyone offers a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.
    Leviticus 6:14
    This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the LORD.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 29:40
    With the one lamb shall be one-tenth of an ephah of flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.
    Leviticus 23:13
    Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD, for a sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:10
    And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one log of oil.
    Numbers 28:5
    And one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 28:7
    And its drink offering shall be one-fourth of a hin for each lamb; in a holy place you shall pour out the drink to the LORD as an offering.
    Numbers 28:14
    Their drink offering shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, one-third of a hin for a ram, and one-fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:10
    If his offering is of the flocks - of the sheep or of the goats - as a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring a male without blemish.
    Leviticus 3:6
    If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD is of the flock, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
    Numbers 15:11
    Thus it shall be done for each young bull, for each ram, or for each lamb or young goat.
    Numbers 28:4
    The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, the other lamb you shall offer in the evening.
    Numbers 28:5
    And one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 28:12
    Three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram.
    Numbers 28:14
    Their drink offering shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, one-third of a hin for a ram, and one-fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:11
    This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the LORD:
  13. Cross References
    Numbers 28:12
    Three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram.
    Numbers 28:14
    Their drink offering shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, one-third of a hin for a ram, and one-fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 28:1
    Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 12:49
    "One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you."
    Numbers 9:14
    'And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the LORD's Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.'"
    Numbers 15:29
    You shall have one law for him who sins unintentionally, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwells among them.
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 15:2
    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.
    Deuteronomy 26:1
    And it shall be, when you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it.
  17. Cross References
    Joshua 5:11
    And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day.
    Joshua 5:12
    Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 34:26
    "The first of the firstfruits of your land you ...
    Leviticus 23:10
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to the...
    Leviticus 23:14
    You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain n...
    Leviticus 23:17
    You shall bring from your dwellings two wave lo...
    Deuteronomy 26:2
    That you shall take some of the first of all th...
    Deuteronomy 26:10
    And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits...
    Proverbs 3:9
    Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with ...
    Proverbs 3:10
    So your barns will be filled with plenty, And y...
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:14
    If you offer a grain offering of your firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits green heads of grain roasted on the fire, grain beaten from full heads.
    Leviticus 23:10
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
    Leviticus 23:16
    Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD.
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them.
  21. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:13
    Now if the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which should not be done, and are guilty.
  22. Cross References
    Numbers 15:8 - 10
    And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering, or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a peace offering to the LORD.
  23. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:23
    Or if his sin which he has committed comes to his knowledge, he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a male without blemish.
  24. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:20
    And he shall do with the bull as he did with the bull as a sin offering; thus he shall do with it. So the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
    Hebrews 2:17
    Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
  25. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:27 - 31
    If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty.
  26. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:35
    He shall remove all its fat, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire to the LORD. So the priest shall make atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
  27. Cross References
    Numbers 15:15
    One ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
  28. Cross References
    Numbers 14:40 - 44
    And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, "Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the LORD has promised, for we have sinned!
    Deuteronomy 1:43
    So I spoke to you; yet you would not listen, but rebelled against the command of the LORD, and presumptuously went up into the mountain.
    Deuteronomy 17:12
    Now the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away the evil from Israel.
    Psalms 19:13
    Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be innocent of great transgression.
    Hebrews 10:26
    For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
  29. Cross References
    2 Samuel 12:9
    Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon.
    Proverbs 13:13
    He who despises the word will be destroyed, But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 31:14
    You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
    Exodus 31:15
    Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
    Exodus 35:2
    Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
    Exodus 35:3
    "You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day."
  31. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:12
    Then they put him in custody, that the mind of the LORD might be shown to them.
  32. Cross References
    Exodus 31:14
    You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
    Exodus 31:15
    Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
  33. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:14
    Take outside the camp him who has cursed; then let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
    Deuteronomy 21:21
    Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.
    1 Kings 21:13
    And two men, scoundrels, came in and sat before him; and the scoundrels witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth has blasphemed God and the king!" Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
    Acts 7:58
    And they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  34. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 22:12
    You shall make tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which you cover yourself.
    Matthew 23:5
    But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.
  35. Cross References
    Psalms 103:18
    To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them.
  36. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:19
    And so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, 'I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart' - as though the drunkard could be included with the sober.
  37. Cross References
    Psalms 73:27
    For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.
    Psalms 106:39
    Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.
    James 4:4
    Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  38. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:44
    For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore...
    Leviticus 11:45
    For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the ...
    Romans 12:1
    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the merci...
    Colossians 1:22
    In the body of His flesh through death, to pres...
    1 Peter 1:15
    But as He who called you is holy, you also be h...
    1 Peter 1:16
    Because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy.
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