Numbers 15:27

Numbers 15:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘But if just one person sins unintentionally, that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If one person sins unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘And if a person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering.

Context of Numbers 15:27

25The priest will then make atonement for the entire Israelite community so that they may be forgiven, for the sin was unintentional. They are to bring their offering, a food offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their unintentional sin. 26The entire Israelite community and the alien who resides among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally. “If one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering. 28The priest will then make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the person who acts in error sinning unintentionally, and when he makes atonement for him, he will be forgiven. 29You are to have the same law for the person who acts in error, whether he is an Israelite or an alien who resides among you.

Numbers 15:27 word by word

וְאִם־נֶ֥פֶשׁ אַחַ֖ת תֶּחֱטָ֣א בִשְׁגָגָ֑ה וְהִקְרִ֛יבָה עֵ֥ז בַּת־שְׁנָתָ֖הּ לְחַטָּֽאת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if anyאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• sinחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• through ignoranceשְׁגָגָהshegâgâh · sin of errorH7684
• then he shall bringקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• a she goatעֵז‛êz · goatH5795
• of the firstבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• for a sin offeringחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sin: sin offeringH2403

Cross-references for Numbers 15:27

• Leviticus 4:27“Now if any of the common people sins unintentionally by violating one of the Lord’s commands, does what is prohibited, and incurs guilt,
• Acts 3:17“And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.
• Acts 17:30“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,
• 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief,

Commentaries on Numbers 15:27

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-31Verses 22-31 The heavy punishments which had already overtaken the people might naturally give rise to apprehensions for the future, especially in view of the fact that on the approaching entrance into Canaan the complete observance of the Law in all its details would become imperative on them. To meet such apprehensions a distinction is emphatically drawn between sins of ignorance (Leviticus 4:13 ff) and those of presumption Numbers 15:30-31. The passage…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-29Verses 22-29 Though ignorance will in a degree excuse, it will not justify those who might have known their Lord's will, yet did it not. David prayed to be cleansed from his secret faults, those sins which he himself was not aware of. Sins committed ignorantly, shall be forgiven through Christ the great Sacrifice, who, when he offered up himself once for all upon the cross, seemed to explain one part of the intention of his offering, in that prayer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-29Sins done without knowing were treated differently from sins done on purpose (15:30–31). The law also made a difference between the actions of the whole community and the actions of one person (see also Leviticus 4–5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2927-29. if any soul sin through ignorance--not only in common with the general body of the people, but his personal sins were to be expiated in the same manner.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 15:27

• Atonement
• Ignorance
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Sin Offering
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Presumptuously
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Goat
• Numbers, Book of
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on Numbers 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings