Numbers 15:26

and 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

25So 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:

27And if, any one person, shall sin by mistake, then shall he bring near a she-goat of the first year as a sin-bearer;

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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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