Numbers 15 · Verse 22

Numbers 15:22

And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
Numbers 15:22, King James Version

Numbers 15:22 in other translations

BSBNow if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—
WEB“‘When you err, and don’t observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses—
ASVAnd when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,
YLT‘And when ye err, and do not all these commands which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,
DARBYAnd if ye sin inadvertently, and do not all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,
BBEAnd if in error you go against any of these laws which the Lord has given to Moses,
WebsterAnd if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments which the LORD hath spoken to Moses,

What does Numbers 15:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. 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 Israel.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 15:22-29
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, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. It looked favourably upon the Gentiles, that this law of atoning for sins of ignorance, is expressly made to extend to those who were strangers to Israel.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Numbers 15:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכִ֣יve.Khiand ifH3588
תִשְׁגּ֔וּtish.Guyou will errH7686
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
תַעֲשׂ֔וּta.'a.Suyou will observeH6213
אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַמִּצְוֹ֖תha.mitz.Votthe commandmentsH4687
הָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
דִּבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe has spokenH1696
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מֹשֶֽׁה\׃mo.ShehMosesH4872

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 15:22

  • Leviticus 4:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

  • Psalms 19:12

    Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

  • Leviticus 4:27

    And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

  • Luke 12:48

    But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

  • Leviticus 4:22

    When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

  • Leviticus 4:13-14

    And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Leviticus 5:15-17

    If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

  • Leviticus 5:13

    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 the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
This law concerning sins of ignorance, being entirely diverse from one before considered, occasions considerable difficulty. (Le ch. 4.) Some explain that law as relating to sins of commission, this to sins of omission: others explain the one of inadvertent violations of the moral law, and the other of the transgressions of the ceremonial law: and some think that related to the whole nation, this to any one tribe; or that to the bulk of the nation, this to the rulers and elders. The Jews say, that the former law referred to such national transgressions through heedlessness, as consisted with the maintenance of the prescribed worship in the main; but that this especially respected the case of the nation, when through inattention, and the example and authority of wicked rulers, they had turned aside and committed idolatry, or conducted their worship directly contrary to law; yet through a culpable ignorance, and not in presumption. This was evidently the case under several of their kings; and the explanation seems well grounded.
Le 4:2,13,14,22,27; 5:13,15-17; Ps 19:12; Lu 12:48

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 15:21

    Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.

  • Numbers 15:22

    And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,

  • Numbers 15:23

    Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;

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Numbers 15:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y cuando errareis, y no hiciereis todos estos mandamientos que Jehová ha dicho á Moisés,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et lorsque vous aurez péché par erreur, et que vous n’aurez pas fait tous ces commandements que l’ Éternel a dits à Moïse,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn ihr aus Versehen sündiget und nicht tut alle diese Gebote, die Jehova zu Mose geredet hat,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod si per ignorantiam præterieritis quidquam horum, quæ locutus est Dominus ad Moysen,