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

25Then the priest will make things right with God for all the Israelites. The Lord will forgive them. That is because their sin was a mistake. They have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord. And they have brought their sin offering to the Lord, for their mistake. 26God will forgive all the Israelites and the foreign people who live among you. That is because your sin was a mistake. And also you offered the proper sacrifices to me. Also, a person may not know that something is a sin. If he does that thing, he must sacrifice a female goat. The goat must be one year old. It will be a sin offering. 28The priest will bring the gift to the Lord. That is to make things right. Then the Lord will forgive that person who did the sin. The person did not know that he had done a wrong thing. 29The same rule is for the Israelites and for all the foreign people who live among them. That is when it was a mistake.

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 4:27One of the people might do bad things when he did not really want to do them. He did not obey one of the Lord's rules. That person has sinned.
• Acts 3:17Friends, when you did all this to Jesus, you did not really know what you were doing. Your leaders also did not understand.
• Acts 17:30In past times people did not know the true things about God. Because of this, God did not punish them. But now God tells people everywhere, “Stop doing bad things and turn to me!”
• 1 Timothy 1:13Before he chose me, I said bad things about him. I caused great trouble for his people. I was a cruel man, but God was very kind to me. He forgave me because I did not know what I was doing. That was because I did not believe in Jesus.

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