Numbers 9:14

The stranger and outcast

¹² they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

¹³ But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

¹⁵ On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

¹⁶ It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”
KJV: And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
WEB: “‘If a foreigner lives among you and desires to keep the Passover to the LORD, then he shall do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance. You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner and for him who is born in the land.’”
ASV: And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land.
DARBY: And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and would hold the passover to Jehovah, according to the rite of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do. Ye shall have one rite, both for the stranger and for him that is born in the land.
BLB: And if a sojourner sojourns with you⁺ and would keep the Passover to YHWH, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he must do; one ordinance you shall have unto you⁺ and unto the sojourner and unto the native of the land.’”

ÅB: Og når en fremmed oppholder seg hos dere og vil holde påske for Herren, så skal han holde den etter loven om påsken og etter forskriftene om den; der skal gjelde én lov for dere, både for den fremmede og for den innfødte i landet.
OTB: Hvis en fremmed bor blant dere og ønsker å holde påsken for Herren, må de gjøre det etter dens lover og forskrifter. Dere skal ha den samme loven for både den fremmede og den innfødte.'"
B1930: Og når en fremmed opholder sig hos eder og vil holde påske for Herren, så skal han holde den efter loven om påsken og efter forskriftene om den; der skal gjelde én lov for eder, både for den fremmede og for den innfødte i landet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 12:48–49
If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
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Leviticus 24:22
You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
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Ephesians 2:19–22
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
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Isaiah 56:3–7
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
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Leviticus 19:10
You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 29:11
your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
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Leviticus 22:25
Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
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Leviticus 25:15
You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.
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