Numbers 15:14

And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses the Israelite assembly through Moses, codifying ritual law for the wilderness community. The words — גֵּר (ger) identifies a sojourner or resident alien, while דֹרוֹת (dorot) specifies the successive generations bound by this instruction. The thread — This statutory parity for the foreign resident recurs in Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 24:22, and Numbers 15:29, consistently linking ritual obedience to communal standing. Why it lands — It demands identical ritual compliance from native-born Israelites and foreign residents, removing ethnic exemption from the law.

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The Hebrew words

וְכִֽי־ve./khi-and/ if יָגוּר֩ya.Gurhe will sojourn אִתְּכֶ֨ם'i.te./Khemwith/ you גֵּ֜רgera sojourner א֤וֹ'oor אֲשֶֽׁר־'a.Sher-[one] who בְּתֽוֹכְכֶם֙be./tokh./Khem[is] among/ midst of/ you לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle./do.Ro.tei./Khemto/ generations/ your וְעָשָׂ֛הve./'a.Sahand/ he will offer אִשֵּׁ֥ה'i.Sheha fire offering of רֵֽיחַ־rei.ach-an odor of נִיחֹ֖חַni.Cho.achsoothing לַיהוָ֑הla./Yah.wehto/ Yahweh כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka./'a.Sherjust/ as תַּעֲשׂ֖וּta.'a.Suyou do כֵּ֥ןkenso יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ya.'a.Sehhe will do

King James Version

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.