Numbers 15:28
And the priest shall pray for him, because he sinned ignorantly before the Lord: and he shall obtain his pardon, and it shall be forgiven him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, he shall offer a she goat of a year old for his sin.
29The same law shall be for all that sin by ignorance, whether they be natives or strangers.
Cross References
Leviticus 4:20Doing so with this calf, as he did also with that before: and the priest praying for them, the Lord will be merciful unto them.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 15:23-30
Sacrifices for Sins of Ignorance. ( b. c. 1490.) 22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses, 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; 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 ,… Read the whole commentary →