Numbers 15:22-29
English Standard Version
Laws About Unintentional Sins
22 (A)“But if you sin unintentionally,[a] and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses, 23 all that the Lord has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the Lord gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations, 24 then if it was done unintentionally (B)without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one bull from the herd for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord, (C)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule, and (D)one male goat for a sin offering. 25 (E)And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, because it was a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their mistake. 26 And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the mistake.
27 (F)“If one person sins unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. 28 (G)And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. 29 (H)You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the people of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them.
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- Numbers 15:22 Or by mistake; also verses 24, 27, 28, 29
Numbers 15:22-29
Lexham English Bible
22 “‘But if you go astray and you do not follow[a] all these commandments that Yahweh commanded to Moses, 23 all that Yahweh commanded you by the hand of Moses[b] from the day that Yahweh commanded and beyond, throughout your generations,[c] 24 and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge[d] of the community, then the entire community must prepare one young bull[e] as a burnt offering, as a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh, and its grain offering and its libation, according to the stipulation, and one male goat as a sin offering. 25 The priest will make atonement for all of the community of the Israelites,[f] and they will be forgiven[g] because it was unintentional; they will bring their offering, an offering made by fire for Yahweh, their sin offering before Yahweh[h] for their unintentional sin. 26 All of the community of the Israelites[i] will be forgiven, as well as the alien that dwells in their midst, because the whole community was involved in the unintentional wrong.
27 “‘If one person sins unintentionally, that person will present a female goat in its first year[j] as a sin offering. 28 And the priest will make atonement for the person who sinned unintentionally[k] before Yahweh,[l] to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. 29 For the native among the Israelites[m] and the alien that dwells in their midst, there will be one law for anyone who commits an unintentional wrong.
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- Numbers 15:22 Or “do”
- Numbers 15:23 Or “through Moses”
- Numbers 15:23 Hebrew “for your generations”
- Numbers 15:24 Literally “from the eyes”
- Numbers 15:24 Literally “a bull a son of cattle”
- Numbers 15:25 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 15:25 Literally “it will be forgiven to them”
- Numbers 15:25 Literally “in the presence of Yahweh”
- Numbers 15:26 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 15:27 Literally “a daughter of a year”
- Numbers 15:28 Literally “sinned unintentionally when sinning an unintentional wrong”
- Numbers 15:28 Literally “in the presence of Yahweh”
- Numbers 15:29 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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