Numbers 15:15 Cross References

Numbers 15:15

15: Native Israelites and foreigners are the same before the LORD and are subject to the same laws. This is a permanent law for you.

And if foreigners living among you want to celebrate the Passover to the LORD, they must follow these same laws and regulations. The same laws apply both to you and to the foreigners living among you.'"

This same law applies both to native Israelites and the foreigners living among you.

This law applies to everyone, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner who has settled among you."

Only the priests, Aaron's descendants, are allowed to blow the trumpets. This is a permanent law to be followed from generation to generation.

There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians--you are one in Christ Jesus.

Don't forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders by birth. You were called "the uncircumcised ones" by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.
In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
But now you belong to Christ Jesus. Though you once were far away from God, now you have been brought near to him because of the blood of Christ.
For Christ himself has made peace between us Jews and you Gentiles by making us all one people. He has broken down the wall of hostility that used to separate us.
By his death he ended the whole system of Jewish law that excluded the Gentiles. His purpose was to make peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new person from the two groups.

"You must remember this day forever. Each year you will celebrate it as a special festival to the LORD.

"Remember, these instructions are permanent and must be observed by you and your descendants forever.

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the regulations for the festival of Passover. No foreigners are allowed to eat the Passover lamb.

"These same regulations apply to Israelites by birth and foreigners who live among you. I, the LORD, am your God."

The LORD gave these further instructions to Aaron: "I have put the priests in charge of all the holy gifts that are brought to me by the people of Israel. I have given these offerings to you and your sons as your regular share.

In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

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