Numbers 15:28

The priest will make the person who sinned unintentionally right before the Lord on their behalf. Once they have been made right, they will be forgiven.

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In The King James Version

And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

In Context

27In the case of an individual who sins without meaning to—they are to present a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering.

29You shall apply the same law for the one who mistakenly sins to an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:20He shall offer this bull in the same way he did for the sin offering. This is how the priest will make them right, and they will be forgiven.

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 →

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