You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.
Parallel translations
- WEB So you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who errs, and for him who is simple: so you shall make atonement for the house.
- KJV And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
- NKJV And so you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who has sinned unintentionally or in ignorance. Thus you shall make atonement for the temple.
- NASB And you shall do this on the seventh day of the month for everyone who does wrong inadvertently or is naive; so you shall make atonement for the house.
- NLT Do this also on the seventh day of the new year for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance. In this way, you will purify the Temple.
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Quick answer
The same cleansing is repeated on the seventh day for those who sinned unintentionally, making atonement for the temple.
Overview
Provision is made specifically for sins of ignorance and simplicity, covering the whole community. God graciously accounts for human weakness, ensuring atonement even for unintended sin. This mercy toward the unwitting sinner anticipates the comprehensive cleansing found in Christ, whose atonement covers all our sin.
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Cross-references · 7
- Ps 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
- Ezek 45:15And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezek 45:18This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary.
- Lev 4:27–35And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
- Lev 16:20When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.
- Rom 16:18–19For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Heb 5:2He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
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