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Contemporary English Version

Numbers 15:27

But if one of you does wrong without meaning to, you must sacrifice a year-old female goat as a sacrifice for sin.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Ignorance;   Offerings;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Offerings;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Goat;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Atonement;   Blasphemy;   Forgiveness;   Ignorant, Ignorance;   Motives;   Woman;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sin Offering;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Expiation, Propitiation;   Ignorance;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Day of Atonement ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Stranger;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Goat;   Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ignorance of the Law;   Priestly Code;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
If one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin-offering.
King James Version
And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
Lexham English Bible
"‘If one person sins unintentionally, that person will present a female goat in its first year as a sin offering.
New Century Version
"‘If just one person sins without meaning to, a year-old female goat must be brought for a sin offering.
New English Translation
"‘If any person sins unintentionally, then he must bring a yearling female goat for a purification offering.
Amplified Bible
'Also if one person sins unintentionally, then he shall offer a female goat one year old as a sin offering.
New American Standard Bible
'Also, if one person sins unintentionally, then he shall offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if any one person sinne through ignorance, then he shall bring a shee goate of a yeere olde for a sinne offring.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Also if one person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring near a one year old female goat for a sin offering.
Complete Jewish Bible
(vii) "‘If an individual sins by mistake, he is to offer a female goat in its first year as a sin offering.
Darby Translation
And if one soul sin through inadvertence, then he shall present a yearling she-goat for a sin-offering.
Easy-to-Read Version
"But if only one person makes a mistake and sins, that person must bring a female goat that is one year old. That goat will be the sin offering.
English Standard Version
"If one person sins unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
George Lamsa Translation
And if any person sins through an error, then he shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin offering.
Good News Translation
If any of you sin unintentionally, you are to offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering.
Christian Standard Bible®
“If one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
Literal Translation
And if one person sins through error, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf one soule synne thorow ignoraunce, the same shal brynge a she goate of a yeare olde for a synofferynge.
American Standard Version
And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If any one soule sinne through ignoraunce, he shall bryng a shee goate of a yere olde for a sinne offering.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if one person sin through error, then he shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering.
King James Version (1611)
And if any soule sinne through ignorance, then hee shall bring a shee goat of the first yeere for a sinne offring.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if one soul sin unwillingly, he shall bring one she-goat of a year old for a sin-offering.
English Revised Version
And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin offering.
Berean Standard Bible
Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if a soule synneth vnwityngli, it schal offre a geet of o yeer for his synne; and the preest schal preye for that soule, for it synnede vnwityngli bifor the Lord;
Young's Literal Translation
`And if one person sin in ignorance, then he hath brought near a she-goat, daughter of a year, for a sin-offering;
Update Bible Version
And if one person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering.
Webster's Bible Translation
And if any soul shall sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering.
World English Bible
If one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin-offering.
New King James Version
"And if a person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering.
New Living Translation
"If one individual commits an unintentional sin, the guilty person must bring a one-year-old female goat for a sin offering.
New Life Bible
‘If one person sins without knowing it, he must bring a one year old female goat for a sin gift.
New Revised Standard
An individual who sins unintentionally shall present a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And if, any one person, shall sin by mistake, then shall he bring near a she-goat of the first year as a sin-bearer;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, he shall offer a she goat of a year old for his sin.
Revised Standard Version
"If one person sins unwittingly, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
THE MESSAGE
"But if it's just one person who sins by mistake, not realizing what he's doing, he is to bring a yearling she-goat as an Absolution-Offering. The priest then is to atone for the person who accidentally sinned, to make atonement before God so that it won't be held against him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Also if one person sins unintentionally, then he shall offer a one year old female goat for a sin offering.

Contextual Overview

22The Lord also told Moses to tell the people what must be done if they ever disobey his laws: 24 If all of you disobey one of my laws without meaning to, you must offer a bull as a sacrifice to please me, together with a grain sacrifice, a wine offering, and a goat as a sacrifice for sin. 25 Then the priest will pray and ask me to forgive you. And since you did not mean to do wrong, and you offered sacrifices, 26 the sin of everyone—both Israelites and foreigners among you—will be forgiven. 27 But if one of you does wrong without meaning to, you must sacrifice a year-old female goat as a sacrifice for sin. 28 The priest will then ask me to forgive you, and your sin will be forgiven. 29 The law will be the same for anyone who does wrong without meaning to, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 4:27, Leviticus 4:28, Acts 3:17, Acts 17:30, 1 Timothy 1:13

Reciprocal: Psalms 51:16 - desirest

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The heavy punishments which had already overtaken the people might naturally give rise to apprehensions for the future, especially in view of the fact that on the approaching entrance into Canaan the complete observance of the Law in all its details would become imperative on them. To meet such apprehensions a distinction is emphatically drawn between sins of ignorance (Leviticus 4:13 ff) and those of presumption Numbers 15:30-31. The passage deals separately with imperfections of obedience which would be regarded as attaching to the whole nation Numbers 15:22-26, and those of individuals Numbers 15:27-30.

Numbers 15:24

Without the knowledge of the congregation - literally, as marginal. The words point to an error of omission which escaped notice at the time: i. e. to an oversight.

Numbers 15:30

Presumptuously - The original (compare the margin, and Exodus 14:8) imports something done willfully and openly; in the case of a sin against God it implies that the act is committed ostentatiously and in bravado.

Reproacheth the Lord - Rather, revileth or blasphemeth the Lord: compare Ezekiel 20:27.


 
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