The Meaning of Numbers 15:27 Explained

Numbers 15:27

KJV: And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.

YLT: 'And if one person sin in ignorance, then he hath brought near a she-goat, daughter of a year, for a sin-offering;

Darby: And if one soul sin through inadvertence, then he shall present a yearling she-goat for a sin-offering.

ASV: And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if any  soul  sin  through ignorance,  then he shall bring  a she goat  of the first  year  for a sin offering. 

What does Numbers 15:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 15:27-41 - Exemplary Punishment For Sabbath-Breaking
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, Ephesians 2:19.
Sins of ignorance may be forgiven, Numbers 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 1 Timothy 1:12-14; Hebrews 5:2. It is quite otherwise with sins of presumption, Numbers 15:30-36. If persisted in, these induce death. See 1 John 5:16.
We have something better than the memorial fringe, in the ministry of the Holy Spirit, John 14:26. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 15

1  The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering
14  The stranger is under the same law
17  The law of the first of the dough
22  The sacrifice for sins of ignorance
30  The punishment of presumption
32  He who violated the Sabbath is stoned
37  The law of tassels

What do the individual words in Numbers 15:27 mean?

And if person a sins unintentionally then he shall bring a female goat in first its year as a sin offering
וְאִם־ נֶ֥פֶשׁ אַחַ֖ת תֶּחֱטָ֣א בִשְׁגָגָ֑ה וְהִקְרִ֛יבָה עֵ֥ז בַּת־ שְׁנָתָ֖הּ לְחַטָּֽאת

וְאִם־  And  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
נֶ֥פֶשׁ  person 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
תֶּחֱטָ֣א  sins 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: חָטָא 
Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.
בִשְׁגָגָ֑ה  unintentionally 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁגָגָה  
Sense: sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sin.
וְהִקְרִ֛יבָה  then  he  shall  bring 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
עֵ֥ז  a  female  goat  in 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵז  
Sense: female goat, she-goat, goat, kid.
בַּת־  first 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
שְׁנָתָ֖הּ  its  year 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
לְחַטָּֽאת  as  a  sin  offering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.

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