Numbers 15:25
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:
Numbers 15:25 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | 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 offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their error. |
| 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: |
| YLT | ‘And the priest hath made atonement for all the company of the sons of Israel, and it hath been forgiven them, for it is ignorance, and they--they have brought in their offering, a fire-offering to Jehovah, even their sin-offering before Jehovah for their ignorance; |
| DARBY | And the priest shall make atonement for the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it was a sin of inadvertence, and they have brought before Jehovah their offering, as an offering by fire to Jehovah, and their sin-offering for their sin of inadvertence; |
| BBE | So the priest will make the people free from sin, and they will have forgiveness; for it was an error, and they have given their offering made by fire to the Lord, and their sin-offering before the Lord, on account of their error: |
| Webster | 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 to the LORD, and their sin-offering before the LORD, for their ignorance: |
What does Numbers 15:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 15:24-26
24-26. 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Numbers 15:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 15:25
- Leviticus 4:20
And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
- Hebrews 2:17
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
- Romans 3:25
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
- Luke 23:34
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
- Leviticus 4:26
And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
- 1 John 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
- Acts 13:39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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Context
- Numbers 15:24
Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
- Numbers 15:25
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:
- Numbers 15:26
And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
Numbers 15:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el sacerdote hará expiación por toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel; y les será perdonado, porque yerro es: y ellos traerán sus ofrendas, ofrenda encendida á Jehová, y sus expiaciones delante de Jehová, por sus yerros: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le sacrificateur fera propitiation pour toute l’assemblée des fils d’Israël, et il leur sera pardonné, car c’est une chose arrivée par erreur, et ils ont amené devant l’ Éternel leur offrande, un sacrifice par feu à l’ Éternel, et le sacrifice pour leur péché, à cause de leur erreur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Priester soll Sühnung tun für die ganze Gemeinde der Kinder Israel, und es wird ihnen vergeben werden; denn es war eine Sünde aus Versehen, und sie haben ihre Opfergabe, ein Feueropfer dem Jehova, und ihr Sündopfer vor Jehova gebracht wegen ihrer Sünde aus Versehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et rogabit sacerdos pro omni multitudine filiorum Israël, et dimittetur eis, quoniam non sponte peccaverunt, nihilominus offerentes incensum Domino pro se et pro peccato atque errore suo: |