The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin offering before Yahweh, for their error.
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The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin offering before Yahweh, for their error.
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And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
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And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin-offering before the LORD, for their error.
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- Leviticus 4:20 Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
- Romans 3:25 whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
- Hebrews 2:17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Leviticus 4:26 All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
- Luke 23:34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
- Acts 13:39 and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
- 1 John 2:2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of…
And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel,.... Which is repeated for the certainty of it, and for the sake of what follows:
and the stranger that sojourneth among them; the proselyte of righteousness; so the blessing of pardon, through the propitiatory sacrifice of Christ, comes upon believing Gentiles as well as Jews, Rom 4:9,
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seeing all the people were in ignorance; both the congregation of Israel and the stranger; See Gill on Num 15:25.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 25. The priest shall make an atonement] Even…
Verse 25. The priest shall make an atonement] Even sins committed through ignorance required an atonement; and God in his mercy has provided one for them.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 15:25. It shall be forgiven, for it is…
Num 15:25. It shall be forgiven, for it is ignorance — Proceeding from some mistake, and not from contempt of God and his laws; for then the guilty person was to be utterly cut off.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And for. Hebrew, "and their sin (offering) in the…
And for. Hebrew, "and their sin (offering) in the presence of the Lord, for their ignorance." (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. An atonement — “In all our inquiries into…
25. An atonement — “In all our inquiries into the various senses wherein this term is used, and into the significance of the different ceremonies connected with the act of atonement, the fundamental meaning, to cover or conceal, must be kept in mind.” — Suskind. The word occurs in its proper sense only in Gen_6:14. In Piel usage has affixed to it the meaning “to atone.” Atonement, therefore, must be equivalent to the covering up or concealing of that which God cannot allow to appear in his presence. It is a constructive disappearance or annihilation. Thus in Jer_18:23, forgiveness of sin and blotting it out are convertible expressions. With the rabbins, “to atone” means to deny existence to — to deem as not being. That which creates estrangement between God and the sinner is in effect annihilated. “We cannot reasonably say that in this case the divine punitive justice terminates in nothing; on the contrary, that justice is honoured when the offerer declares that he is destitute of a covering before the holy God, and thereby acknowledges him as one who, though sinning in weakness, is exposed to the divine judgment.” — Oehler. The common objection that the soul, or life, of the sacrificial animal, laden with the curse of the sinner, might not be laid upon the holy altar as his substitute is effectually answered by the consideration that through death, the wages of sin, the blood is to be viewed as pure and free from guilt. See Lev_1:4; Lev_4:20; Lev_12:7, notes.
For it is ignorance — R.V., “error.” See Lev_4:2, and the concluding notes to the same chapter; also Heb_9:7, note.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) For it is ignorance.—Rather, for it is a…
(25) For it is ignorance.—Rather, for it is a sin of ignorance, or an error. So also at the end of the verse.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Sin-offering . . . for their ignorance.
Num_15:25
Sin-offering . . . for their ignorance.
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Pardon of unknown sins through Christ
1. Because of our ignorance we are not fully aware of our sins of ignorance. Yet they are many, in the form both of commission and omission. We may be doing in all sincerity, as a service to God, that which He has not commanded and can never accept.
2. The Lord knows these sins of ignorance every one. This may well alarm us, since in justice He will require these trespasses at our hand; but, again, faith spies comfort in this fact, for the Lord will see to it that stains unseen by us shall yet be washed away. He sees the sin that He may cease to see it by casting it behind His back.
3. Our great comfort is that Jesus, the true Priest, has made atonement for all the congregation of Israel. That atonement secures the pardon of unknown sins. His precious blood cleanses us from all sin. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain (See Scofield "Exo 29:33").
atonement
(See Scofield "Exo 29:33").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 They will be forgiven
They will be forgiven
This can be stated in active form. AT: "I will forgive them" (See: Active or Passive)
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made by fire
This can be stated in active form. AT: "that they made by fire" or "that they burned on the altar" (See: Active or Passive)
all the community of the people of Israel will be forgiven
This can be stated in active form. AT: "I will forgive all the community of the people of Israel" (See: Active or Passive)
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atonement
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forgive
sacrifice
burnt offering
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