Numbers 15:22

Offerings for Unintentional Sins

22 “ ‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the LORD gave Moses—

Numbers 15:22 in Other Translations

22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

22 “But if you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses,

22 “But suppose you unintentionally fail to carry out all these commands that the LORD has given you through Moses.

22 "But if you should get off the beaten track and not keep the commands which God spoke to Moses,

22 And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

22 "Suppose you unintentionally do something wrong by not obeying all these commands the LORD gave Moses.

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

22 " 'Suppose you fail to keep any of the commands the LORD gave Moses. And suppose you do it without meaning to.

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 Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.

21 Throughout the generations to come you are to give this offering to the LORD from the first of your ground meal.

22 “ ‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the LORD gave Moses—

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—

24 and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, along with its prescribed grain offering and drink offering, and a male goat for a sin offering.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 4:2