Numbers 15:24

²² Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—

²³ all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—

and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.

²⁵ The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD an offering made by fire and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin.

²⁶ Then the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally.

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.

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BSB: and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.
KJV: 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.
WEB: then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma to the LORD, with its meal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
ASV: then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a sin-offering.
DARBY: then it shall be, if ought be committed by inadvertence [hid] from the eyes of the assembly, that the whole assembly shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet odour to Jehovah, and its oblation and its drink-offering according to the ordinance, and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering.
BLB: then it will be, if away from the eyes of the congregation it is committed in error, that all the congregation shall offer one bull, a son of the herd, as a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to YHWH, and with its grain offering and its drink offering according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.

ÅB: da skal hele menigheten, hvis det er gjort uten dens vitende og av vanvare, ofre en ung okse som brennoffer til en velbehagelig duft for Herren med tilhørende matoffer og drikkoffer, som foreskrevet er, og en geitebukk som syndoffer.
OTB: og hvis dette gjøres utilsiktet uten at menigheten er klar over det, da skal hele menigheten ofre en ung okse som brennoffer, som en velbehagelig duft for Herren, sammen med det foreskrevne grødeofferet og drikkofferet, og en geitebukk som syndoffer.
B1930: da skal hele menigheten, hvis det er gjort uten dens vitende og av vanvare, ofre en ung okse som brennoffer til en velbehagelig duft for Herren med tilhørende matoffer og drikkoffer, som foreskrevet er, og en gjetebukk som syndoffer.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 4:23
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
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Leviticus 4:13–21
Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,
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Numbers 15:8–10
When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,
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Numbers 28:15
In addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.
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Leviticus 5:15
“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
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Ezra 6:17
For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 29:21–24
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
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Ezra 8:35
Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
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