Numbers 15:22

Laws About Unintentional Sins

22 ¹"But if you sin unintentionally,^[a] and do not observe all these commandments that the LORD has spoken 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 Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it.

21 Some of the first of your dough you shall give to the LORD as a contribution throughout your generations.

22 "But if you sin unintentionally, 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 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, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule, and one male goat for a sin offering.

Cross References

• 1. [Leviticus 4:2]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or by mistake; also verses 24, 27, 28, 29