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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Numbers 15 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Numbers 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/14.htm" title="Numbers 14">◄</a> Numbers 15 <a href="../numbers/16.htm" title="Numbers 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Laws about Sacrifices</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_1"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.1" class="v4_15_1">1</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> told Moses </span><span class="v4_15_2"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.2" class="v4_15_2">2</span>to give the Israelites the following laws about offering sacrifices:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_3"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.3" class="v4_15_3">3</span>Bulls or rams or goats<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.15.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> are the animals that you may burn on the altar as sacrifices to please me.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.15.3!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> You may also offer sacrifices voluntarily or because you made a promise, or because they are part of your regular religious ceremonies. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices is pleasing to me.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_4"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.4-Num.15.5" class="v4_15_4">4-5</span>If you sacrifice a young ram or goat, you must also offer a kilogram of your finest flour mixed with a liter of olive oil as a grain sacrifice. A liter of wine must also be poured on the altar.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_6"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.6-Num.15.7" class="v4_15_6">6-7</span>And if the animal is a full-grown ram, you must offer two kilograms of flour mixed with one and a half liters of olive oil. One and a half liters of wine must also be poured on the altar. The smell of this smoke is pleasing to me.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_8"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.8" class="v4_15_8">8</span>If a bull is offered as a sacrifice to please me or to ask my blessing,<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.15.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v4_15_9"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.9" class="v4_15_9">9</span>you must offer three kilograms of flour mixed with two liters of olive oil. </span><span class="v4_15_10"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.10" class="v4_15_10">10</span>Two liters of wine must also be poured on the altar. The smell of this smoke is pleasing to me.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_11"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.11-Num.15.13" class="v4_15_11">11-13</span>If you are a native Israelite, you must obey these rules each time you offer a bull, a ram, or a goat as a sacrifice. </span><span class="v4_15_14"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.14" class="v4_15_14">14</span>And the foreigners who live among you must also follow these rules. </span><span class="v4_15_15"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.15-Num.15.16" class="v4_15_15">15-16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.15.15-Num.15.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> This law will never change. I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, and I consider all people the same, whether they are Israelites or foreigners living among you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_17"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.17-Num.15.19" class="v4_15_17">17-19</span>When you eat food in the land that I am giving you, remember to set aside some of it as an offering to me. </span><span class="v4_15_20"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.20" class="v4_15_20">20</span>From the first batch of bread dough that you make after each new grain harvest, make a loaf of bread and offer it to me, just as you offer grain. </span><span class="v4_15_21"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.21" class="v4_15_21">21</span>All your descendants must follow this law and offer part of the first batch of bread dough.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_22"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.22-Num.15.23" class="v4_15_22">22-23</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> also told Moses to tell the people what must be done if they ever disobey his laws:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_24"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.24" class="v4_15_24">24</span>If all of you disobey one of my laws without knowing it, you must offer a bull as a sacrifice to please me, together with a grain sacrifice, a wine offering, and a goat as a sacrifice for sin. </span><span class="v4_15_25"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.25" class="v4_15_25">25</span>Then the priest will pray and ask me to forgive you. And since you did not mean to do wrong, and you offered sacrifices, </span><span class="v4_15_26"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.26" class="v4_15_26">26</span>the sin of everyone—both Israelites and foreigners among you—will be forgiven.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_27"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.27" class="v4_15_27">27</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.15.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But if one of you does wrong without knowing it, you must sacrifice a year-old female goat as a sacrifice for sin. </span><span class="v4_15_28"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.28" class="v4_15_28">28</span>The priest will then ask me to forgive you, and your sin will be forgiven.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_29"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.29" class="v4_15_29">29</span>The law will be the same for anyone who does wrong without meaning to, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_30"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.30-Num.15.31" class="v4_15_30">30-31</span>But if one of you does wrong on purpose, whether Israelite or foreigner, you have sinned against me by disobeying my laws. You will no longer belong to my people.</span></p><h3 class="s1">A Man Put to Death for Gathering Firewood on the Sabbath</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_32"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.32" class="v4_15_32">32</span>Once, while the Israelites were traveling through the desert, a man was caught gathering firewood on the Sabbath.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.15.32!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v4_15_33"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.33" class="v4_15_33">33</span>He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the rest of the community. </span><span class="v4_15_34"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.34" class="v4_15_34">34</span>But no one knew what to do with him, so he was not allowed to leave.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_35"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.35" class="v4_15_35">35</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Tell the people to take that man outside the camp and stone him to death!” </span><span class="v4_15_36"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.36" class="v4_15_36">36</span>So he was killed, just as the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Tassels on the People's Clothes</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_15_37"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.37" class="v4_15_37">37</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> told Moses </span><span class="v4_15_38"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.38" class="v4_15_38">38</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.15.38!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> to say to the people of Israel, “Sew tassels onto the bottom edge of your clothes and tie a blue string to each tassel. </span><span class="v4_15_39"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.39-Num.15.40" class="v4_15_39">39-40</span>These will remind you that you must obey my laws and teachings. And when you do, you will be dedicated to me and won't follow your own sinful desires. </span><span class="v4_15_41"><span class="reftext" id="Num.15.41" class="v4_15_41">41</span>I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God who led you out of Egypt.”</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">goats: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 7.12-83.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sacrifices to please me: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 6.11.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">to ask my blessing: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 6.14.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.32 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">a man … Sabbath: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">No work was to be done on the Sabbath (see Exodus 31.12-17).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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