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Numbers 15:25

in Numbers 15

The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD an offering made by fire and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, and their sin-offering before Jehovah, for their error:

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:

This verse in Numbers 15

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

if you stray unintentionally

on Numbers 15:22-26

The error in view is national, the whole congregation straying unintentionally from what the LORD commanded through Moses. Leviticus 4:14 had given a bull as the sin offering, and now a male goat is the sin offering and the bull the burnt offering.

This site's exposition

The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel

Two gifts are named, the offering made by fire and the sin offering. John Gill reads the pardon as a picture of forgiveness through the propitiatory sacrifice of Christ, propitiation meaning the offering that turns away God's anger. The priest acts and the people are forgiven.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

) and not punished, as it deserved, with some national judgment. The offering of the sacrifice according to the manner, or ordinance, plainly refers to a former statute, of which this is the repetition; and the same bullock which is there called a sin-offering ( Lev. iv. 13, 21 ) is here called a burnt-offering (

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And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel;....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

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.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The priest shall make an atonement - Even sins committed through ignorance required an atonement; and God in his mercy has provided one for them.

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְכִפֶּ֣רand he will make atonement

    vekhiperH3722 →102 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֗ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • עַֽל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עֲדַ֛ת[the] congregation of

    ʾadatH5712 →149 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וְנִסְלַ֣חand it will be forgiven

    venislachH5545 →46 times

  • לָהֶ֑םto <the> them

    lahem

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • שְׁגָגָ֣ה[was] inadvertence

    shegagahH7684 →19 times

  • הִ֔ואit

    hi'H1931 →1879 times

  • וְהֵם֩and they

    vehemH1992 →553 times

  • הֵבִ֨יאוּthey have brought

    heviuH935 →2568 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • קָרְבָּנָ֜םoffering their

    karebanamH7133 →82 times

  • אִשֶּׁ֣הa fire offering

    ʾishehH801 →65 times

  • לַֽיהוָ֗הto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְחַטָּאתָ֛םand sin offering their

    vechatatamH2403 →295 times

  • לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • שִׁגְגָתָֽם׃inadvertence their

    shigatamH7684 →19 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Luke 23:34

    Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 5:44

      But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

    • Acts 7:60

      Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

    • 1 Peter 3:9

      Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

    • 1 Peter 2:20–23

      How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

    • Luke 6:27–28

      But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

  • Through

    Romans 3:25

    God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

    it leads to

    • Romans 3:23–24

      for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

    • 1 Peter 1:18–20

      For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

    • 1 John 4:10

      And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.