The Meaning of Numbers 15:24 Explained

Numbers 15:24

KJV: Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.

YLT: then it hath been, if from the eyes of the company it hath been done in ignorance, that all the company have prepared one bullock, a son of the herd, for a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah, and its present, and its libation, according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering.

Darby: then it shall be, if ought be committed by inadvertence hid from the eyes of the assembly, that the whole assembly shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet odour to Jehovah, and its oblation and its drink-offering according to the ordinance, and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering.

ASV: then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a sin-offering.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then it shall be, if [ought] be committed  by ignorance  without the knowledge  of the congregation,  that all the congregation  shall offer  one  young  bullock  for a burnt offering,  for a sweet  savour  unto the LORD,  with his meat offering,  and his drink offering,  according to the manner,  and one  kid  of the goats  for a sin offering. 

What does Numbers 15:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 15

1  The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering
14  The stranger is under the same law
17  The law of the first of the dough
22  The sacrifice for sins of ignorance
30  The punishment of presumption
32  He who violated the Sabbath is stoned
37  The law of tassels

What do the individual words in Numbers 15:24 mean?

then it will be if without the knowledge of the congregation it is committed unintentionally that shall offer whole the congregation bull son of a bull one as a burnt offering as a aroma sweet to Yahweh and with its grain offering and its drink offering according to the ordinance and kid of the goats as a sin offering
וְהָיָ֗ה אִ֣ם מֵעֵינֵ֣י הָעֵדָה֮ נֶעֶשְׂתָ֣ה לִשְׁגָגָה֒ וְעָשׂ֣וּ כָל־ הָעֵדָ֡ה פַּ֣ר בֶּן־ בָּקָר֩ אֶחָ֨ד לְעֹלָ֜ה לְרֵ֤יחַ נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וּמִנְחָת֥וֹ וְנִסְכּ֖וֹ כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וּשְׂעִיר־ עִזִּ֥ים לְחַטָּֽת

וְהָיָ֗ה  then  it  will  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מֵעֵינֵ֣י  without  the  knowledge 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, cdc
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
הָעֵדָה֮  of  the  congregation 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵדָה  
Sense: congregation, gathering.
נֶעֶשְׂתָ֣ה  it  is  committed 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לִשְׁגָגָה֒  unintentionally 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁגָגָה  
Sense: sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sin.
וְעָשׂ֣וּ  that  shall  offer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
כָל־  whole 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָעֵדָ֡ה  the  congregation 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵדָה  
Sense: congregation, gathering.
פַּ֣ר  bull 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פַּר  
Sense: .
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בָּקָר֩  of  a  bull 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
אֶחָ֨ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לְעֹלָ֜ה  as  a  burnt  offering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
לְרֵ֤יחַ  as  a  aroma 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֵיחַ  
Sense: scent, fragrance, aroma, odour.
נִיחֹ֙חַ֙  sweet 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נִיחֹחַ  
Sense: soothing, quieting, tranquillising.
לַֽיהוָ֔ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וּמִנְחָת֥וֹ  and  with  its  grain  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
וְנִסְכּ֖וֹ  and  its  drink  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נֶסֶךְ 
Sense: drink offering, libation, molten image, something poured out.
כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט  according  to  the  ordinance 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
וּשְׂעִיר־  and  kid 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שָׂעִיר 
Sense: hairy.
עִזִּ֥ים  of  the  goats 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עֵז  
Sense: female goat, she-goat, goat, kid.
לְחַטָּֽת  as  a  sin  offering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.