Reference

Numbers 9:14

Present / Ongoing Fulfillment Dominion Over Creation Stewardship of Creation

“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.”

They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

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.

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Present / Ongoing Fulfillment

The "ordinance of the passover" and "manner thereof" refer to specific Mosaic Law requirements for the Passover sacrifice, which are not directly applicable to the "church age" in the same literal way, as the New Testament emphasizes Christ as the ultimate Passover lamb.

Dominion Over Creation

This verse discusses the inclusion of strangers in religious observances and the equality of ordinances, not humanity's authority or control over the natural world. There is no language of power, authority, or subduing the earth present in the text.

Stewardship of Creation

This verse is entirely focused on the legal and ritual requirements for observing the Passover, specifically concerning the inclusion of strangers, and makes no mention of creation, tending, keeping, or any form of environmental or resource management. Its subject matter is religious observance and social inclusion within that observance, not the natural world or humanity's role within it.

Present / Ongoing Fulfillment

Related Verses

Numbers 15:14

“And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.”

Numbers 15:15

“One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.”

Numbers 15:16

“One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.”

Exodus 12:49

“One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.”

Numbers 15:29

“Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.”

Thematic Connections

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Private Study Note

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