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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/15.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/15.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220&#8217Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the LORD gave Moses—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“But suppose you unintentionally fail to carry out all these commands that the LORD has given you through Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“But if you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘If you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘But when you unintentionally do wrong and fail to comply with all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But when you unwittingly fail and do not observe all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But when you unwittingly fail and do not observe all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘But when you unintentionally fail and do not observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘But when you unintentionally fail and do not observe all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When you sin unintentionally and do not obey all these commands that the LORD spoke to Moses —<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you sin unintentionally and do not obey all these commands that the LORD spoke to Moses—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Suppose you unintentionally do something wrong by not obeying all these commands the LORD gave Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But suppose someone unintentionally fails to keep some of these regulations which the LORD has given Moses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Here's what you are to do when you all go astray and fail to observe all these commands that the LORD had spoken to Moses, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'If you sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments which the LORD hath spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘When you err, and don’t observe all these commandments which Yahweh has spoken to Moses— <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And when you err, and do not do all these commands which YHWH has spoken to Moses—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And when ye err, and do not all these commands which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And when ye shall err, and shall not do all these commands which Jehovah spake to Moses,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And if through ignorance you omit any of these things, which the Lord hath spoken to Moses, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And if, through ignorance, you neglect any of these things, which the Lord has spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If through inadvertence you fail to do any of these commandments which the LORD has given to Moses—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But if you unintentionally fail to observe all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if you err, and do not observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if you err and you will not do all of these commandments that LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But whensoever ye shall transgress, and not perform all these commands, which the Lord spoke to Moses;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/15-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=4841" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/15.htm">Offerings for Unintentional Sins</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: wə·ḵî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Now if</a> <a href="/hebrew/7686.htm" title="7686: ṯiš·gū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to stray, usually to mistake, especially to transgress; by extension to reel, be enraptured.">you stray unintentionally</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ṯa·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">obey</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: ham·miṣ·wōṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">commandments</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">has spoken</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses—</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-2.htm">Leviticus 4:2</a></span><br />“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/5-15.htm">Leviticus 5:15-19</a></span><br />“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering. / Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven. / If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-7.htm">Hebrews 9:7</a></span><br />But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-13.htm">Leviticus 4:13-14</a></span><br />Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden, / when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-27.htm">Leviticus 4:27-28</a></span><br />And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt. / When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-2.htm">Hebrews 5:2</a></span><br />He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/5-17.htm">Leviticus 5:17-18</a></span><br />If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment. / He is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-17.htm">Acts 3:17</a></span><br />And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-22.htm">Leviticus 4:22-23</a></span><br />When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt. / When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-13.htm">1 Timothy 1:13</a></span><br />I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-3.htm">Leviticus 4:3</a></span><br />If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-34.htm">Luke 23:34</a></span><br />Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Leviticus 4:20</a></span><br />He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-30.htm">Acts 17:30</a></span><br />Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-31.htm">Leviticus 4:31</a></span><br />Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if you have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/4-2.htm">Leviticus 4:2,13,14,22,27</a></b></br> Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD <i>concerning things</i> which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/5-13.htm">Leviticus 5:13,15-17</a></b></br> And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and <i>the remnant</i> shall be the priest's, as a meat offering… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12</a></b></br> Who can understand <i>his</i> errors? cleanse thou me from secret <i>faults</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/numbers/9-8.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-13.htm">Err</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-18.htm">Erred</a> <a href="/numbers/6-12.htm">Error</a> <a href="/numbers/15-28.htm">Inadvertently</a> <a href="/numbers/14-19.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Unintentionally</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Unwittingly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/numbers/15-23.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-18.htm">Err</a> <a href="/numbers/15-28.htm">Erred</a> <a href="/numbers/15-24.htm">Error</a> <a href="/numbers/15-28.htm">Inadvertently</a> <a href="/numbers/15-24.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/numbers/15-27.htm">Unintentionally</a> <a href="/numbers/15-24.htm">Unwittingly</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-1.htm">The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-14.htm">The stranger is under the same law</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-17.htm">The law of the first of the dough</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-22.htm">The sacrifice for sins of ignorance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">The punishment of presumption</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-32.htm">He who violated the Sabbath is stoned</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-37.htm">The law of tassels</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now if you stray unintentionally</b><br>This phrase addresses the concept of unintentional sin, which is a significant theme in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word for "unintentionally" implies actions done in ignorance or without deliberate intent. This reflects the understanding that not all sins are committed willfully, and there is a provision for those who err unknowingly. The idea of unintentional sin is also seen in <a href="/leviticus/4.htm">Leviticus 4</a>, where offerings are prescribed for such transgressions, highlighting God's grace and the importance of maintaining purity within the community.<p><b>and do not obey all these commandments</b><br>The commandments refer to the laws given by God to the Israelites through Moses. These laws encompass moral, ceremonial, and civil aspects of life, aiming to set Israel apart as a holy nation. The emphasis on "all these commandments" underscores the comprehensive nature of the law and the expectation of complete obedience. This reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience is a response to God's deliverance and blessings.<p><b>that the LORD has spoken to Moses—</b><br>This phrase establishes the divine origin of the commandments, affirming that they are not merely human constructs but are given by God Himself. Moses serves as the mediator between God and the people, a role that prefigures Christ as the ultimate mediator of the New Covenant. The authority of the commandments is rooted in their divine source, and Moses' role as a prophet and leader is central to the transmission of God's will to the Israelites. This connection between God, Moses, and the law is foundational to understanding the covenantal relationship in the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, through whom God communicated His laws and commandments. Moses is central to the account as the mediator between God and the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are receiving the laws and commandments to live by as they journey through the wilderness towards the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who provides the laws and commandments to guide His people in holiness and righteousness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites are journeying and receiving the laws. It represents a place of testing and reliance on God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/u/unintentional_sin.htm">Unintentional Sin</a></b><br>The focus of this passage, highlighting the need for atonement even when sins are committed unknowingly.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Even unintentional sins require atonement, highlighting the holiness of God and the pervasive nature of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_forgiveness.htm">God's Provision for Forgiveness</a></b><br>The sacrificial system points to God's grace in providing a means for forgiveness, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/awareness_and_repentance.htm">Awareness and Repentance</a></b><br>Believers are called to be aware of their actions and seek God's guidance to avoid sin, while also repenting for sins committed unknowingly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The passage underscores the communal aspect of sin and atonement, reminding believers of their responsibility to uphold God's commandments together.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_holiness.htm">Living in Holiness</a></b><br>The call to obey God's commandments is a call to live a life set apart, reflecting God's holiness in our daily actions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_death_for_gathering_wood_on_sabbath.htm">Numbers 15:32–36: Why is gathering wood on the Sabbath punished by death, and how does this align with a just moral system today? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_condemn_blemished_sacrifices_in_malachi.htm">In Malachi 1:14, why does the text condemn offering blemished sacrifices when some passages suggest more lenient standards for certain offerings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_god_command_theft_in_exodus.htm">Did God command stealing? (Exodus 20:15 vs. Exodus 3:22)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_was_god_angry_with_balaam_later.htm">If God permitted Balaam to go (Numbers 22:20), why did He become angry with him later (Numbers 22:22)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">And if ye have erred, and not observed.--</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">And if ye shall err and not observe.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And if ye have erred.</span> The absence of the usual formula, "and the Lord spake unto Moses," is singular, because what follows has reference not to the enactment just made, but to the whole Law. Perhaps it is a part of the thoroughly unscientific and inartificial character of the Mosaic legislation that a principle of extreme importance and wide application is appended to an insignificant matter of ceremonial. Provision is here made for the forgiveness of sins due to ignorance and oversight - a provision which was sorely needed, considering the great complexity of the Law, and the bad training they had for the accurate observance of it (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-8.htm">Deuteronomy 12:8</a>). A similar provision had been made in <a href="/leviticus/4.htm">Leviticus 4</a>. The two, however, differ, inasmuch as <span class="accented">this</span> contemplates sins of commission, while <span class="accented">this</span> contemplates sins of omission. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/15-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you sin unintentionally</span><br /><span class="heb">תִשְׁגּ֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiš·gū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7686.htm">Strong's 7686: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and do not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">obey</span><br /><span class="heb">תַעֲשׂ֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯa·‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֑לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">commandments</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּצְוֺ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miṣ·wōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has spoken</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּבֶּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(dib·ber)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses—</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶֽׁה׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/15-22.htm">OT Law: Numbers 15:22 When you shall err and not observe (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/15-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 15:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 15:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/15-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 15:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 15:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>