Numbers 15

Wave Offering of Dough Numbers 15:17–21

¹⁷Verse 17. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸Verse 18. “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land where I bring you, ¹⁹Verse 19. then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a wave offering to Yahweh. ²⁰Verse 20. Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a wave offering. As the wave offering of the threshing floor, so you shall heave it. ²¹Verse 21. Of the first of your dough, you shall give to Yahweh a wave offering throughout your generations.

Atonement for Unintentional Sins Numbers 15:22–26

²²Verse 22. “‘When you err, and don’t observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses, ²³Verse 23. even all that Yahweh has commanded you by Moses, from the day that Yahweh gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations; ²⁴Verse 24. then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh, with its meal offering, and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering. ²⁵Verse 25. The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin offering before Yahweh, for their error.

²⁶Verse 26. All the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, as well as the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them; for with regard to all the people, it was done unwittingly.

Atonement for Individuals Numbers 15:27–31

²⁷Verse 27. “‘If one person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. ²⁸Verse 28. The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs, when he sins unwittingly before Yahweh, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven. ²⁹Verse 29. You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them. ³⁰Verse 30. “‘But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh. That soul shall be cut off from among his people.

³¹Verse 31. Because he has despised Yahweh’s word, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.’”

Death for Sabbath Violation Numbers 15:32–36

³²Verse 32. While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. ³³Verse 33. Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. ³⁴Verse 34. They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him. ³⁵Verse 35. Yahweh said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.” ³⁶Verse 36. All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Fringes and Remembrance Numbers 15:37–41

³⁷Verse 37. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁸Verse 38. “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue: ³⁹Verse 39. and it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it, and remember all Yahweh’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’ t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute; ⁴⁰Verse 40. so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.

⁴¹Verse 41. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Yahweh your God.”