Numbers 15:22

Numbers 15:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses—
• English Standard Version (ESV)"But if you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses,
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘If you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses—

Context of Numbers 15:22

20Present a cake from the first of the flour you grind, and set it aside as a sacred offering, as you do with the first grain from the threshing floor. 21Throughout the generations to come, you are to present a sacred offering to the Lord each year from the first of your ground flour. “But suppose you unintentionally fail to carry out all these commands that the Lord has given you through Moses. 23And suppose your descendants in the future fail to do everything the Lord has commanded through Moses. 24If the mistake was made unintentionally, and the community was unaware of it, the whole community must present a young bull for a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. It must be offered along with its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering and with one male goat for a sin offering.

Numbers 15:22 word by word

וְכִ֣י תִשְׁגּ֔וּ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַמִּצְוֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if ye have erredשָׁגָהshâgâh · to wanderH7686
• and not observedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• all these commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• unto Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872

Cross-references for Numbers 15:22

• Leviticus 4:2“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the Lord’s commands.
• Leviticus 5:13Through this process, the priest will purify those who are guilty of any of these sins, making them right with the Lord, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the flour will belong to the priest, just as with the grain offering.”
• Psalms 19:12How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
• Luke 12:48But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.

Commentaries on Numbers 15:22

• 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. 2222. if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, &c.--respecting the performance of divine worship, and the rites and ceremonies that constitute the holy service. The law relates only to any omission and consequently is quite different from that laid down in Le 4:13, which implies a transgression or positive neglect of some observances required. This law relates to private parties or individual tribes; that to the whole congregation of…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 15:22

• Atonement
• Ignorance

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Presumptuously
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Err; Error
• Genealogy
• Numbers, Book of
• Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament)

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