Numbers 15:25

Numbers 15:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance:
• New International Version (NIV)The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven, for it was not intentional and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering and a sin offering.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, because it was a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their mistake.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the priest shall make atonement for the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was unintentional; they shall bring their offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their unintended sin.

Context of Numbers 15:25

23even all that the Lord has commanded you through Moses, from the day when the Lord gave commandment and onward throughout your generations, 24then it shall be, if it is done unintentionally, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one bull for a burnt offering, as a soothing aroma to the Lord, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering. Then the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they will be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their error. 26So all the congregation of the sons of Israel will be forgiven, with the alien who sojourns among them, for it happened to all the people through error. 27‘Also if one person sins unintentionally, then he shall offer a one year old female goat for a sin offering.

Numbers 15:25 word by word

וְכִפֶּ֣ר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן עַֽל־כָּל־עֲדַ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְנִסְלַ֣ח לָהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־שְׁגָגָ֣ה הִ֔וא וְהֵם֩ הֵבִ֨יאוּ אֶת־קָרְבָּנָ֜ם אִשֶּׁ֣ה לַֽיהוָ֗ה וְחַטָּאתָ֛ם לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עַל־שִׁגְגָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall makeכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
• atonementכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
• for allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and they will be forgivenסָלַחsâlach · to forgiveH5545
• for it was an errorשְׁגָגָהshegâgâh · sin of errorH7684
• and they have broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• their offeringקׇרְבָּןqorbân qûrbân · offeringH7133
• an offeringאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and their sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sin: sin offeringH2403
• offeringחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Numbers 15:25

• Leviticus 4:20He shall also do with the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; thus he shall do with it. So the priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.
• Romans 3:25whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
• 1 John 2:2and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
• Luke 23:34But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.
• Acts 13:39and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

Commentaries on Numbers 15:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25The priest shall make an atonement - Even sins committed through ignorance required an atonement; and God in his mercy has provided one for them.Read the comment
• 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. 24-2624-26. if aught be committed by ignorance--The Mosaic ritual was complicated, and the ceremonies to be gone through in the various instances of purification which are specified, would expose a worshipper, through ignorance, to the risk of omitting or neglecting some of them. This law includes the stranger in the number of those for whom the sacrifice was offered for the sin of general ignorance.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 15:25

• Atonement
• Ignorance
• Offerings
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Sin Offering
• Dedicate
• Exodus
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• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of

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