25And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
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And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-29)We have here the laws concerning sacrifices for sins of ignorance; the Jews understand it of idolatry, or false worship, through the error of their teachers. The case here supposed is that they had not observed all these commandments , Num. 15:22 ; 23 . If they had failed in the offerings of their acknowledgment, and had not brought them according to the law, then they must bring an offering of at…
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