Numbers 15:24

God's Word

If it was unintentional and no one else knows about it, the whole community must sacrifice a young bull as a burnt offering, a soothing aroma to the Lord, along with the proper grain and wine offerings, and a male goat as an offering for sin.

Cross References

Ezra 6:17

At the dedication of God’s temple, they sacrificed 100 bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs. They sacrificed 12 male goats as an offering for sin, one goat for each of the tribes of Israel.

Ezra 8:35

The exiles who had come back from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and 12 male goats for an offering for sin. All of these animals were burnt offerings for the Lord.

Leviticus 23:19

Also sacrifice one male goat as an offering for sin and two one-year-old lambs as a fellowship offering.

Leviticus 4:2

“Tell the Israelites: If a person unintentionally does something wrong—even one thing that is forbidden by any of the Lord’s commands—this is what he must do.

Leviticus 4:22

“When a leader unintentionally does something wrong—even one thing that is forbidden by any of the commands of the Lord his God—he will be guilty.

Leviticus 4:23

When he is told about what he has done wrong, he must bring a male goat that has no defects as his offering.

Leviticus 5:15

“If any of you fail to do your duty by unintentionally doing something wrong with any of the Lord’s holy things, bring a guilt offering to the Lord. It must be a ram that has no defects or its value in silver weighed according to the official standards of the holy place.

Leviticus 5:18

You must bring the priest a ram that has no defects from the flock or its value in money for a guilt offering. The priest will make peace with the Lord for the wrong you did unintentionally (although you didn’t know what you did), and you will be forgiven.

Numbers 15:23

(Everything the Lord commanded you through Moses holds as true for generations to come as it did the day the Lord gave the commands.)

Numbers 15:26

So the whole community of Israel will be forgiven, including foreigners who are living among them, since all the people were involved in the unintentional wrongdoing.

Numbers 28:15

In addition to the daily burnt offering with its wine offering, one male goat must be offered to the Lord as an offering for sin.