Numbers 15:22

20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.

21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.

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, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—
KJV
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
WEB
“‘When you err, and don’t observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses—
ASV
And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,
DARBY
And if ye sin inadvertently, and do not all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,
BLB
And if you⁺ err and do not observe all these commandments that YHWH has spoken to Moses,
ÅB
Når dere uforvarende gjør en synd og ikke holder alle disse bud som Herren har forkynt Moses,
OTB
Men hvis dere utilsiktet unnlater å holde noen av disse budene Herren ga Moses—
B1930
Når I uforvarende gjør en synd og ikke holder alle disse bud som Herren har forkynt Moses,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 4:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

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  • Psalms 19:12

    Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

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  • Leviticus 4:27

    And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

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  • Luke 12:48

    But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

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  • Leviticus 4:22

    When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

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  • Leviticus 4:13–14

    And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

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  • Leviticus 5:15–17

    If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:

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  • Leviticus 5:13

    And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.

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