Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 15:27
And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
27. The offering is a she-goat of one year old for a sin-offering.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
27 29. Errors of an individual.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
27-29. if any soul sin throughignorancenot only in common with the general body of thepeople, but his personal sins were to be expiated in the same manner.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 27-29:
This text prescribes the offering to be made by an individual who sinned ignorantly. The offering in this case was to be a female kid goat, after the manner prescribed in Le ch 4, and in the preceding verses.
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Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(27) And if any soul sin through ignorance.There is no restriction here, as in Lev. 4:27, to sins of commission.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
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.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
soul = person. Hebrew. nephesh See App-13. Compare verses: Num 15:28, Num 15:30.
sin. Hebrew. chata. App-44.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Exemplary Punishment for Sabbath-breaking
Num 15:27-41
This chapter resembles a sweet flute-like melody inserted between two fierce strains. It reminds us that in the middle of wrath God remembers mercy. The stranger-whether pilgrim, emigrant or slave-was to be included in burned-offerings and sacrifices; a prevision of the time when all holy souls shall be reckoned in the household of God, Eph 2:19.
Sins of ignorance may be forgiven, Num 15:22-29. They are sins. Debts of shortcoming need pardon equally as do trespasses. But, as Paul teaches us, we may confidently count on forgiveness for evil things done unwittingly. See 1Ti 1:12-14; Heb 5:2. It is quite otherwise with sins of presumption, Num 15:30-36. If persisted in, these induce death. See 1Jn 5:16.
We have something better than the memorial fringe, in the ministry of the Holy Spirit, Joh 14:26.
Fuente: F.B. Meyer’s Through the Bible Commentary
Lev 4:27, Lev 4:28, Act 3:17, Act 17:30, 1Ti 1:13
Reciprocal: Psa 51:16 – desirest