Numbers 15:27 - Exposition

And if any soul sin through ignorance. No doubt by way of omission, as in the preceding case, and thus this regulation will be distinguished from that in Le Numbers 4:27 . In either case the ritual is apparently intended to be the same, although not so fully described here. In Numbers 4:29 the benefit of the ordinance is extended to strangers; this was natural in a law which directly contemplates the residence of Israel in their permanent home.