One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Parallel translations
- WEB One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you.”
- BSB The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
- NKJV One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.”
- NASB The same law shall apply to the native as to the stranger who resides among you.”
- NLT This instruction applies to everyone, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner living among you.”
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Quick answer
One and the same law applies to the native-born and to the foreigner who lives among them.
Overview
God establishes equal standing under His law for the native Israelite and the covenant-joining stranger. This principle of one law affirms the impartiality of God and the unity of His people. It foreshadows the New Testament truth that in Christ there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile, but one body governed by the one Lord (Galatians 3:28).
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Cross-references · 6
- Num 15:15–16One 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.
- Num 15:29Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
- Lev 24:22Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
- Num 9:14And 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.
- Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Col 3:11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
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