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Numbers 15:14-25 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

14. " 'Everyone must always do what the law requires. It does not matter whether he is an outsider or someone else who is living among you. He must do exactly as you do when he brings an offering that is made with fire. Offerings like that give a smell that is pleasant to the Lord.

15. " 'The community must have the same rules for you and for the outsider who is living among you. That law will last for all time to come. In the sight of the Lord, the law applies to you and the outsider alike.

16. The same laws and rules will apply to you and to the outsider who is living among you.' "

17. The Lord said to Moses,

18. "Speak to the people of Israel. Say to them, 'You are going to enter the land I am taking you to.

19. You will eat its food. When you do, bring part of it as an offering to the Lord.

20. Bring a loaf that is made from the first flour you grind. Give it as an offering from the threshing floor.

21. You must bring the offering to the Lord. You must give it from the first grain you grind. You must do it for all time to come.

22. " 'Suppose you fail to keep any of the commands the Lord gave Moses. And suppose you do it without meaning to.

23. That applies to any of the commands the Lord told Moses to give you. And they are in effect from the day the Lord gave them and for all time to come.

24. Suppose the community sins without meaning to. And suppose they do not know they have sinned. Then the whole community must offer a young bull. They must offer it for a burnt offering. It will give a smell that is pleasant to the Lord. Along with it, they must offer its required grain offering and drink offering. They must also offer a male goat for a sin offering.

25. " 'With it the priest will pay for the sin of the whole community of Israel. Then they will be forgiven. They did not mean to commit that sin. And they have brought to the Lord an offering that is made with fire for the wrong thing they did. They have brought a sin offering with it.

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