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 make peace with the Lord for the whole community of Israel. Then they will be forgiven because the wrongdoing was unintentional and they brought these two offerings to the Lord for their sin: an offering by fire and an offering for sin. 26So the whole community of Israel will be forgiven, including foreigners who are living among them, since all the people were involved in the unintentional wrongdoing. “If one person unintentionally does something wrong, a one-year-old female goat must be sacrificed as an offering for sin. 28The priest will offer the sacrifice to make peace with the Lord for that person, and that person will be forgiven. 29You must give the same instructions to everyone who does something wrong unintentionally, whether they are native-born Israelites or not.

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“If a common person unintentionally does something wrong—even one thing forbidden by the Lord’s commands—he will be guilty.
• Acts 3:17“And now, brothers, I know that like your rulers you didn’t know what you were doing.
• Acts 17:30“God overlooked the times when people didn’t know any better. But now he commands everyone everywhere to turn to him and change the way they think and act.
• 1 Timothy 1:13In the past I cursed him, persecuted him, and acted arrogantly toward him. However, I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in my 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