Numbers 15:22 “But if you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses, 23 all that the Lord has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the Lord gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations, 24 then if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one bull from the herd for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule, and one male goat for a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, because it was a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their mistake. 26 And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the mistake.
This chapter on "unintentional" sins is important in its context. They people had only made it three days into their journey and already messed up big time. How will they ever make it the rest of the way if they are going to sin and be judged every time. Well, first of all, their corporate sin was not unintentional; they had blatantly said "no" to obeying God. Here, God is saying He will not make a big deal about every type of failure. He is not waiting to bash them(or us) Secondly, He always makes a way. He is the God of Hope.
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