Numbers 28:15

28:15 And one male goat ¹  must be offered to the Lord as a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

Numbers 28:22

28:22 as well as one goat for a purification offering, to make atonement for you.

Numbers 15:24

15:24 then if anything is done unintentionally ²  without the knowledge of ³  the community, the whole community must prepare one young bull for a burnt offering – for a pleasing aroma to the Lord – along with its grain offering and its customary drink offering, and one male goat for a purification offering.

Numbers 15:2

15:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land where you are to live, ⁴  which I am giving you, ⁵ 

Colossians 1:21

Paul’s Goal in Ministry

1:21 And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your ⁶  minds ⁷  as expressed through ⁸  your evil deeds,

Galatians 3:13

3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming ⁹  a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) ¹⁰ 

Galatians 3:1

Justification by Law or by Faith?

3:1 You ¹¹  foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell ¹²  on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed ¹³  as crucified!

Galatians 2:1

Confirmation from the Jerusalem Apostles

2:1 Then after fourteen years I went up to Jerusalem ¹⁴  again with Barnabas, taking Titus along too.

Galatians 3:18

3:18 For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave ¹⁵  it to Abraham through the promise.

¹ tn Heb “one kid of the goats.”

² tn The idea of לִשְׁגָגָה (lishgagah) seems to be that of “inadvertence” or “without intent.” The text gives no indication of how this offense might be committed, or what it might include. It probably describes any transgressions done in ignorance of the Law that involved a violation of tabernacle procedure or priestly protocol or social misdemeanor. Even though it was done unintentionally, it was still a violation and called for ritual purification.

³ tn Heb “[away] from the eyes of the community.”

⁴ tn Heb “the land of your habitations.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew participle here has the futur instans use of the participle, expressing that something is going to take place. It is not imminent, but it is certain that God would give the land to Israel.

⁶ tn The article τῇ (th) has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

⁷ tn Although διανοία (dianoia) is singular in Greek, the previous plural noun ἐχθρούς (ecqrous) indicates that all those from Colossae are in view here.

⁸ tn The dative ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς πονηροῖς (en toi" ergoi" toi" ponhroi") is taken as means, indicating the avenue through which hostility in the mind is revealed and made known.

⁹ tn Grk “having become”; the participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been taken instrumentally.

¹⁰ sn A quotation from Deut 21:23. By figurative extension the Greek word translated tree (ζύλον, zulon) can also be used to refer to a cross (L&N 6.28), the Roman instrument of execution.

¹¹ tn Grk “O” (an interjection used both in address and emotion). In context the following section is highly charged emotionally.

¹² tn Or “deceived”; the verb βασκαίνω (baskainw) can be understood literally here in the sense of bewitching by black magic, but could also be understood figuratively to refer to an act of deception (see L&N 53.98 and 88.159).

¹³ tn Or “publicly placarded,” “set forth in a public proclamation” (BDAG 867 s.v. προγράφω 2).

¹⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁵ tn On the translation “graciously gave” for χαρίζομαι (carizomai) see L&N 57.102.