Numbers 15:22

22 "When you sin unintentionally and do not obey all these commands that the Lord spoke to Moses^[a]-

Numbers 15:22 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 15:22

And if ye have erred
Gone astray from the law of God, and any of its precepts; every sin is an error, a missing of the mark, a wandering from the way of God's commandments. Jarchi, and the Jews in general, interpret this of idolatry, but it rather respects any deviation from the law, moral or ceremonial, especially the latter:

and not observed all these commandments which the Lord hath spoken
unto Moses;
in this chapter, more particularly concerning the meat offerings and drink offerings, and the quantity of them, to be brought along with their burnt offerings and peace offerings, and concerning the cake of the first dough to be heaved before the Lord and given to the priest.

Numbers 15:22 In-Context

20 You are to offer a loaf from your first batch of dough as a contribution; offer it just like a contribution from the threshing floor.

21 Throughout your generations, you are to give the Lord a contribution from the first batch of your dough.

22 "When you sin unintentionally and do not obey all these commands that the Lord spoke to Moses-

23 all that the Lord has commanded you through Moses, from the day the Lord issued the commands and onward throughout your generations-

24 and if it was done unintentionally without the community's awareness, the entire community is to prepare one young bull for a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lv 4:2