“ ‘If a person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs when he sins unwittingly before Yahweh. He shall make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
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“ ‘If a person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs when he sins unwittingly before Yahweh. He shall make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven. You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.
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“ ‘If a person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs when he sins unwittingly before Yahweh. He shall make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
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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 the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
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And if one person sin through error, then he shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering.
And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth through error, before the LORD, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven,
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- Leviticus 4:35 (v28) He shall remove all its fat, like the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the…
- Leviticus 4:27-28 (v27) “ ‘If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is guilty, if…
- Acts 3:17 (v27) “Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
- Acts 17:30 (v27) The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
- 1 Timothy 1:13 (v27) although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv27–28 And the priest shall make atonement for the soul…
And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly,.... By offering his sin offering for him:
when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord; to whom it is known to be such, before whom all things are naked, open, and well known:
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to make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him; upon that atonement made by sacrifice; so the forgiveness of the sins of all the Lord's people proceeds upon an atonement made by the blood and sacrifice of Christ: full atonement of sin and free forgiveness are not contrary to each other.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v27 if any soul sin through ignorance--not only in common…
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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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v27 27-29. If any soul sin — The law laid…
27-29. If any soul sin — The law laid down in Lev_4:27; Lev_5:6, is here repeated, and extended to proselytes or strangers. See Num_15:14, note.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v27 27. The offering is a she-goat of one year…
27. The offering is a she-goat of one year old for a sin-offering.
27–29. Errors of an individual.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v27 (27) And if any soul sin through ignorance.—There is…
(27) And if any soul sin through ignorance.—There is no restriction here, as in Lev_4:27, to sins of commission.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v27 And if any soul sin through ignorance. No doubt…
And if any soul sin through ignorance. No doubt by way of omission, as in the preceding case, and thus this regulation will be distinguished from that in Lev_4:27. In either case the ritual is apparently intended to be the same, although not so fully described here. In verse 29 the benefit of the ordinance is extended to strangers; this was natural in a law which directly contemplates the residence of Israel in their permanent home.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v27 a female goat a year old
a female goat a year old
"a 1-year-old female goat"
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That person will be forgiven when atonement has been made
This can be stated in active form. AT: "I will forgive that person when the priest has made atonement" (See: Active or Passive)
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law, laws
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