Numbers 15:8-16

15:8 And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a peace offering to the Lord, 15:9 then a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil must be presented ¹  with the young bull, 15:10 and you must present as the drink offering half a hin of wine with the fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 15:11 This is what is to be done ²  for each ox, or each ram, or each of the male lambs or the goats. 15:12 You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare.

15:13 “‘Every native-born person must do these things in this way to present an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 15:14 If a resident foreigner is living ³  with you – or whoever is among you ⁴  in future generations ⁵  – and prepares an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he must do it the same way you are to do it. ⁶  15:15 One statute must apply ⁷  to you who belong to the congregation and to the resident foreigner who is living among you, as a permanent ⁸  statute for your future generations. You and the resident foreigner will be alike ⁹  before the Lord. 15:16 One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.’”

¹ tn The text changes from direct address here to the third person form of the verb. If the MT is correct, then to make a smooth translation it would need to be made a passive (in view of the fact that no subject is expressed).

¹ tn Heb “according to thus shall it be done.”

¹ tn The word גּוּר (gur) was traditionally translated “to sojourn,” i.e., to live temporarily in a land. Here the two words are from the root: “if a sojourner sojourns.”

² tn Heb “in your midst.”

³ tn The Hebrew text just has “to your generations,” but it means in the future.

⁴ tn The imperfect tenses must reflect the responsibility to comply with the law, and so the classifications of instruction or obligation may be applied.

¹ tn The word “apply” is supplied in the translation.

² tn Or “a statute forever.”

³ tn Heb “as you, as [so] the alien.”