Numbers 15:25

So shall the priest put a propitiatory, covering over all the assembly of the sons of Israel and pardon shall be granted unto them,—because a mistake, it was, they, therefore have brought in their offering—an altar-flame unto Yahweh and their sin-bearer before Yahweh for their mistake:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

24then shall it be—if, any from the eyes of the assembly, it hath been done by mistake, that all the assembly shall offer one choice young bullock for an ascending-sacrifice as a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, with the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof, according to the regulation,—and one young he-goat as a sin-bearer.

26and pardon shall be granted unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel and unto the sojourner that sojourneth in their midst,—for, in the case of all the people, it was, by mistake.

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:26and with all the fat thereof, shall he make a perfume at the altar, as with the fat of the peace-offering,—so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him because of his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 4:35and all the fat thereof, shall he remove as the fat of the lamb is removed, from the peace-offering, and the priest shall make a perfume therewith at the altar, upon the altar-flames of Yahweh,—so shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him on account of his sin which he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

Luke 23:34[[But, Jesus, was saying—Father! forgive them; for they know not what they do.]] And, when they were parting his garments, they cast lots.

Romans 3:25Whom God hath set forth as a propitiatory covering, through faith in his blood, for a showing forth of his righteousness, by reason of the passing-by of the previously committed sins,

1 John 2:2And, he, is, a propitiation, concerning our sins,—and, not concerning our own only, but, also concerning those of the whole world.

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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