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And the priestוְ הַכֹּהֵןshall make expiationכִפֶּרforעַלthe personהַנֶּפֶשׁwho errs,הַשֹּׁגֶגֶתwhen he sinsבְּחֶטְאָהby oversight,בִשְׁגָגָהbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהto make expiationלְכַפֵּרfor him,עָלָיוand he shall be forgiven.וְנִסְלַח לוֹ
Numbers 15:28
Study it in the app“And the priest shall make expiation for the person who errs, when he sins by oversight, before YHWH, to make expiation for him, and he shall be forgiven.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 15:28, 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 personנֶּפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- who errsשֹּׁגֶגֶתshogeget
inadvertence
Inadvertence: a sin committed without realizing it or without intending it.
Where else “shogeget” appears- when he sinsחֶטְאָהcheta
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “cheta” appears- by oversightשְׁגָגָהshegaga
err, sin unintentionally
Err, sin without realizing it.
Where else “shegaga” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- and he shall be forgivenנִסְלַחnislach
forgive
Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.
Where else “nislach” appears
The context
27And if one person sins by oversight, he shall present a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
28 · This verse (above)
29For the native-born among the sons of Israel and for the resident alien who resides among them there shall be one instruction for you for the one who acts by oversight.