Numbers 15:11

"Thus shall it be done for each bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids. According to the number which ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; as ye do, so he shall do. For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah. One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you."

"There shall be one statute (Numbers 15:15) ... one law (Numbers 15:16) ..." When the situation of Israel at the time this was written is considered, especially the fact of their being in the midst of and surrounded by nations steeped in idolatry, "We can see the absolute necessity of having one form of worship in the land. That alone was genuine which was prescribed by God Almighty, and no others could be tolerated, because they were idolatrous."[4]

"One statute ... before Jehovah ..." The equality of all people before the law is one of the sacred foundations of all civilized order, and like so many other of the value-judgments of civilized man, the foundation of it must be traced to the Holy Bible. When the Prince of India asked Queen Victoria, "What is the secret of England's greatness?" she replied, "The English Bible is the secret of England's greatness." Furthermore, wherever greatness may exist, the enabling value-judgments have the same source.