📖 Numbers — Chapter 15 (KJV)
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Numbers 15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 15:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
Numbers 15:3 And Rwill make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in Tperforming a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock:
Numbers 15:4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring Ra meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
Numbers 15:5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
Numbers 15:6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
Numbers 15:7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers 15:8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or Rpeace offerings unto the LORD:
Numbers 15:9 Then shall he bring Rwith a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
Numbers 15:10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers 15:11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
Numbers 15:12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
Numbers 15:13 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.
Numbers 15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
Numbers 15:15 ROne ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
Numbers 15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
Numbers 15:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 15:18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
Numbers 15:19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
Numbers 15:20 Ye shall offer up Ra cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
Numbers 15:21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.
Numbers 15:22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
Numbers 15:23 Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;
Numbers 15:24 Then it shall be, Rif ought be committed by ignorance Twithout the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the Tmanner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
Numbers 15:25 And Rthe priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
Numbers 15:26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
Numbers 15:27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
Numbers 15:28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
Numbers 15:29 Ye shall have Rone law for him that Tsinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Numbers 15:30 But the soul that Rdoeth ought Tpresumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Numbers 15:31 Because he hath Rdespised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
Numbers 15:32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, Rthey found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
Numbers 15:33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
Numbers 15:34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Numbers 15:35 And the LORD said unto Moses, RThe man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
Numbers 15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 15:37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them Rfringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
Numbers 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and Rremember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
Numbers 15:40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and Rbe holy unto your God.
Numbers 15:41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 15:1–16 — Offerings in the Land
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The LORD specifies flour, oil, and wine accompanying the offerings when Israel enters the land. The quantities correspond to the animals presented. One law and manner applies to the congregation and the stranger who sojourns with them.
Key Truth: The appointed offerings follow a common ordinance for Israel and the stranger among them.
Check What You Remember
1. What was used for the drink offering in verse 5? (Numbers 15:5)
Find it in Numbers 15:5 (KJV).
2. With what was the flour mingled? (Numbers 15:9)
Find it in Numbers 15:9 (KJV).
3. How many laws and manners applied to Israel and the stranger? (Numbers 15:16)
Find it in Numbers 15:16 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 15:17–31 — First Dough and Sins through Ignorance
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Israel is to offer a cake from the first of its dough. The passage gives offerings for sins through ignorance by the congregation and an individual. It distinguishes these from presumptuous wrongdoing, which despises the LORD's word.
Key Truth: The instructions distinguish the appointed provision for ignorance from the stated consequence of presumptuous sin.
Check What You Remember
1. From what first portion was a cake offered? (Numbers 15:20)
Find it in Numbers 15:20 (KJV).
2. What animal did an individual bring for sin through ignorance? (Numbers 15:27)
Find it in Numbers 15:27 (KJV).
3. Who made atonement for that person? (Numbers 15:28)
Find it in Numbers 15:28 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 15:32–41 — The Sabbath Case and Fringes
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
A man gathering sticks on the sabbath is held while the LORD's judgment is sought, then put to death under the stated law. Israel is also commanded to put fringes with a blue ribband on its garments to remember and do the LORD's commandments.
Key Truth: The account and the garment reminder both concern keeping the LORD's commands.
Check What You Remember
1. What was the man gathering on the sabbath? (Numbers 15:32)
Find it in Numbers 15:32 (KJV).
2. What colour was the ribband on the fringe? (Numbers 15:38)
Find it in Numbers 15:38 (KJV).
3. What were the fringes meant to help Israel remember? (Numbers 15:39)
Find it in Numbers 15:39 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How do the offering rules address Israel and the sojourning stranger?
2. How does provision for ignorance distinguish congregation and individual?
3. How does presumptuous wrongdoing differ from the ignorance provision?
4. Why is the sabbath offender initially held in ward?
5. How do visible fringes connect remembrance with conduct?
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