And the priestוְ הַכֹּהֵןshall make expiationכִפֶּרforעַלallכָּלthe communityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand they shall be forgiven,וְנִסְלַח לָהֶםforכִּיitהִואwas an oversight,שְׁגָגָהand theyוְהֵםhave broughtהֵבִיאוּtheir offering,אֶת קָרְבָּנָםa fire offeringאִשֶּׁהto YHWH,לַיהוָהandוְtheir sin offeringחַטָּאתָםbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהforעַלtheir oversight.שִׁגְגָתָם
Numbers 15:25
Study it in the app“And the priest shall make expiation for all the community of the sons of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, for it was an oversight, and they have brought their offering, a fire offering to YHWH, and their sin offering before YHWH, for their oversight.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 15:25, word by word
- And the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall make expiationכִפֶּרchiper
atone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “chiper” appears- the communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and they shall be forgivenנִסְלַחnislach
forgive
Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.
Where else “nislach” appears- was an oversightשְׁגָגָהshegaga
inadvertence
Inadvertence: a sin committed without realizing it or without intending it.
Where else “shegaga” appears- have broughtהֵבִיאוּheviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heviu” appears- their offeringקָרְבָּנָkarbana
offering
Offering (qorban): what is "brought near" to God. It comes from the verb "bring near" and is the general word for any offering; Jesus mentions it in Mark 7:11.
Where else “karbana” appears- a fire offeringאִשֶּׁהishe
fire offering
Fire offering: an offering burned on the altar for God; sometimes any sacrifice.
Where else “ishe” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- their sin offeringחַטָּאתָchatata
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatata” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
24then if it was done by oversight, without the knowledge of the community, all the community shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to YHWH, with its grain offering and its libation according to the rule, and one male goat for a sin offering.
25 · This verse (above)
26And all the community of the sons of Israel shall be forgiven, and the resident alien who resides among them, for all the people acted by oversight.