Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 15:15
One ordinance [shall be both] for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth [with you], an ordinance forever in your generations: as ye [are], so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
15. For the assembly ] As for the assembly. The subst. is (so to speak) a nominative absolute. It is a general term for the whole of the privileged community, consisting of true Israelites and sojourners.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
i.e. As to the worship of God; his sacrifices shall be offered in the same manner, and accepted by God upon the same terms, as yours; which was a presage of the future calling of the Gentiles. And this is added by way of caution and distinction, to show that strangers were not upon this pretence to partake of thcir civil privileges.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
One ordinance [shall be both] for you of the congregation,…. Or “O congregation” i, as Ben Melech, and so the Targum of Jonathan, “O whole congregation”; though Aben Ezra denies it to be vocative:
and also for the stranger that sojourneth [with you]; the same ordinance, statute, or appointment, respecting the above things, were equally binding on one side as on the other, an homeborn Israelite and a proselyte of righteousness:
an ordinance for ever in your generations; to be observed by them, one and the other, in all ages, until the Messiah came and abolished the law of commandments contained in ordinances:
as ye [are] so shall the stranger be before the Lord; not in things civil, but religious, and particularly with respect to the above sacrifices and offerings: Ben Gersom and Aben Ezra say this respects the burnt offering only, which was before the Lord.
i “O Congregatio”, Noldius, p. 237. No. 1077.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15) One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation . . . Literally, As for the congregation, there shall be one ordinance for you and for the stranger that sojourneth. Some render the words thus:O congregation, one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger, &c.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
congregation = assembly.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
One: Num 15:29, Num 9:14, Exo 12:49, Lev 24:22, Gal 3:28, Eph 2:11-22, Col 3:11
an ordinance: Num 10:8, Num 18:8, Exo 12:14, Exo 12:24, Exo 12:43, 1Sa 30:25
Reciprocal: Exo 12:48 – a stranger Num 19:10 – it shall be Eze 14:7 – of the stranger
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 15:15. So shall the stranger be before the Lord As to the worship of God; his sacrifices shall be offered in the same manner, and accepted by God upon the same terms, as yours; which was a presage of the future calling of the Gentiles. And this is added by way of caution, to show that strangers were not upon this pretence to partake of their civil privileges.