Numeri 15:26

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Zo zal de gehele gemeente der Israelieten, alsmede de vreemden die in haar midden vertoeven, vergiffenis erlangen, want de vergissing ging het gehele volk aan.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Dan wordt het aan de gehele gemeente der kinderen Israls vergeven, alsook den vreemdeling, die onder u woont, dewijl het gehele volk in zulk ene onwetendheid was.

Staten Vertaling
Het zal dan aan de ganse vergadering der kinderen Israels vergeven worden, ook den vreemdeling, die in het midden van henlieden als vreemdeling verkeert; want het is het ganse volk door dwaling overkomen.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel,.... Which is repeated for the certainty of it, and for the sake of what follows:

and the stranger that sojourneth among them; the proselyte of righteousness; so the blessing of pardon, through the propitiatory sacrifice of Christ, comes upon believing Gentiles as well as Jews, Romans 4:9;

seeing all the people [were] in ignorance; both the congregation of Israel and the stranger; Romans 4:9- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The heavy punishments which had already overtaken the people might naturally give rise to apprehensions for the future, especially in view of the fact that on the approaching entrance into Canaan the complete observance of the Law in all its details would become imperative on them. To meet such apprehensions a distinction is emphatically drawn between sins of ignorance (Leviticus 4:13 ff) and those of presumption Numbers 15:30-31. The passage deals separately with imperfections of obedience which would be regarded as attaching to the whole nation Numbers 15:22-26, and those of individuals Numbers 15:27-30.

Numbers 15:24

Without the knowledge of the congregation - literally, as marginal. The words point to an error of omission which escaped notice at the time: i. e. to an oversight.

Numbers 15:30

Presumptuously - The original (compare the margin, and Exodus 14:8) imports something done willfully and openly; in the case of a sin against God it implies that the act is committed ostentatiously and in bravado.

Reproacheth the Lord - Rather, revileth or blasphemeth the Lord: compare Ezekiel 20:27.