Numbers 15:27
What does Numbers 15:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 15:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And if one person sin in ignorance, then he hath brought near a she-goat, daughter of a year, for a sin-offering;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, he shall offer a she goat of a year old for his sin.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And if one soul sin through inadvertence, then he shall present a yearling she-goat for a sin-offering.
Context
v.26and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
v.27This passage
v.28And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Timothy 1:13
though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
- Acts 3:17
And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
- Acts 17:30
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
- Leviticus 4:27
And if any one of the common people sin unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty;
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