Numbers 15:16

15:16 One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.’”

Numbers 15:22

Rules for Unintentional Offenses

15:22 “‘If you sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses –

Numbers 35:29

35:29 So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.


sn These regulations supplement what was already ruled on in the Levitical code for the purification and reparation offerings. See those rulings in Lev 4-7 for all the details. Some biblical scholars view the rules in Leviticus as more elaborate and therefore later. However, this probably represents a misunderstanding of the purpose of each collection.

tn The verb is the plural imperfect; the sin discussed here is a sin committed by the community, or the larger part of the community.

tn Heb “a statute of judgment” (so KJV).