Numbers - 15:27



27 "'If one person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 15:27.

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And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering.
But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, he shall offer a she goat of a year old for his sin.
And if one soul sin through inadvertence, then he shall present a yearling she-goat for a sin-offering.
And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin offering.
'And if one person sin in ignorance, then he hath brought near a she-goat, daughter of a year, for a sin-offering;
And if one person does wrong, without being conscious of it, then let him give a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering.
And if one person sin through error, then he shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering.
But if one soul will have sinned by not knowing, he shall offer a one-year-old she-goat for his sin.
Quod si anima una peccaverit per errorem, offeret capram anniculam sacrificium pro peccato.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And if any soul sin through ignorance,.... Any private or particular person, by breaking any of the above commands, or any other, not rightly understanding them, or not adverting: to the circumstances required in the manner of performing them:
then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering; which differed in this from the sin offering of a congregation that sinned through ignorance; that was a kid of the goats, whether male or female, but this was to be a female goat and of a year old.

if any soul sin through ignorance--not only in common with the general body of the people, but his personal sins were to be expiated in the same manner.

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