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Numbers 15:15-29
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Numbers 15:15-29
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15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.(A) You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.(B)’”
17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking you(C) 19 and you eat the food of the land,(D) present a portion as an offering to the Lord.(E) 20 Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal(F) and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.(G) 21 Throughout the generations to come(H) you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.(I)
Offerings for Unintentional Sins
22 “‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses(J)— 23 any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come(K)— 24 and if this is done unintentionally(L) without the community being aware of it,(M) then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering(N) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,(O) along with its prescribed grain offering(P) and drink offering,(Q) and a male goat for a sin offering.[a](R) 25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,(S) for it was not intentional(T) and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering(U) and a sin offering.(V) 26 The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.(W)
27 “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally,(X) that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.(Y) 28 The priest is to make atonement(Z) before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.(AA) 29 One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.(AB)
Footnotes
- Numbers 15:24 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 27
Numbers 15:15-29
King James Version
Numbers 15:15-29
King James Version
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.
16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord.
20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.
22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;
24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance:
26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
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.
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Numbers 15:15-29
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Numbers 15:15-29
New King James Version
15 (A)One [a]ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 16 One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you.’ ”
17 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 (B)“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land to which I bring you, 19 then it will be, when you eat of (C)the bread of the land, that you shall offer up a heave offering to the Lord. 20 (D)You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering; as (E)a heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up. 21 Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations.
Laws Concerning Unintentional Sin
22 (F)‘If you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses— 23 all that the Lord has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day the Lord gave commandment and onward throughout your generations— 24 then it will be, (G)if it is unintentionally committed, [b]without the knowledge of the congregation, that the whole congregation shall offer one young bull as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the Lord, (H)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and (I)one kid of the goats as a sin offering. 25 (J)So the priest shall make atonement for the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was unintentional; they shall bring their offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their unintended sin. 26 It shall be forgiven the whole congregation of the children of Israel and the stranger who dwells among them, because all the people did it unintentionally.
27 ‘And (K)if a person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering. 28 (L)So the priest shall make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally before the Lord, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 (M)You shall have one law for him who sins unintentionally, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwells among them.
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- Numbers 15:15 statute
- Numbers 15:24 Lit. away from the eyes
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