Numbers 15:15, 16 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojournes with you… The treatment of foreigners among the Jews one sign of the impartiality of God. For - 1. They were all "of one blood" (Acts 17:26). 2. The Israelites were "strangers and sojourners with God" in his own land (Leviticus 25:23), as we all are upon earth (1 Chronicles 29:15; 1 Peter 2:11). 3. All are involved in sin. The guilt of the favoured Israelites was greater than that of heathen strangers (Romans 2:6-12). 4. All are included in the one salvation (Romans 3:21-30). For further illustrations see outline on Numbers 9:14. - P. Parallel Verses KJV: One 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. |
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