Numbers 9:14 KJV
And 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.
Words Then and Now
- sojourn to live for a time as a stranger Still heard today: a brief sojourn in Paris, a stay as a visitor Webster’s 1828 · Sojourn
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- you, ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Of the PassoverGod gave particular orders for the keeping of this passover, and, for aught that appears, after this, they kept no passover till they came to Canaan, Josh...
Thompson Chains
- Feast of PassoverSee the chain from Leviticus 23:6 · 9 links
- OrdinancesLink 2 of 4 · next 2 Kings 17:37
- Strangers (3)See the chain from Exodus 12:19 · 6 links
- Law ImpartialLink 3 of 4 · next Numbers 15:16
Cross References
- Exodus 12:48–49 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. …
- Leviticus 24:22 Ye 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.
- Leviticus 19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 22:25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
- Leviticus 25:15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
- Deuteronomy 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
- Deuteronomy 31:12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
- Isaiah 56:3–7 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. …
- Ephesians 2:19–22 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; …
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Topics
- Aliens Religious privileges of Aliens
- Legislation Class, forbidden
- Ordinance A decree
- Passover Institution of Passover
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And if a stranger גֵּר gēr גֵּר Noun · masculine singular
- shall sojourn וְכִי wĕkî Conjunction יָגוּר yāgûr גּוּר Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- among you, and will keep אִתְּכֶם ʾittĕkem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural וְעָשָׂה wĕʿāśâ עָשָׂה Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- the passover פֶסַח pesaḥ פֶּסַח Noun · masculine singular
- unto the LORD לַיהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
- according to the ordinance כְּחֻקַּת kĕḥuqqat חֻקָּה Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of the passover הַפֶּסַח happesaḥ פֶּסַח Noun · masculine singular · with the
- and according to the manner וּכְמִשְׁפָּטוֹ ûkĕmišpāṭô מִשְׁפָּט Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
- thereof, so shall he do כֵּן kēn Demonstrative יַעֲשֶׂה yaʿăśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- ye shall have one אַחַת ʾaḥat אֶחָד Number · feminine singular יִהְיֶה yihyê Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- ordinance חֻקָּה ḥuqqâ חֻקָּה Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- both for the stranger לָכֶם lākem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural וְלַגֵּר wĕlaggēr גֵּר Noun · masculine singular · with and, preposition with the
- and for him that was born וּלְאֶזְרַח ûlĕʾezraḥ אֶזְרָח Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, preposition
- in the land הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
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