Numbers 15:22

Offerings for accidental sin

22 If by accident you don't obey all these commands that the LORD spoke to Moses,

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 will present a gift offering from the first bread you bake just like you present a gift offering from the threshing floor.

21 You will give a gift offering from the first bread you bake for all time.

22 If by accident you don't obey all these commands that the LORD spoke to Moses,

23 or everything that the LORD commanded you through Moses from the day of the LORD's command onward for all time,

24 then if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the community, the entire community must offer one bull from the herd as an entirely burned offering, a soothing smell to the LORD, with its grain and drink offering according to the specific instruction, and one male goat for a purification offering.