Numbers 15:22

Numbers 15:22 says, And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,  There was then a warning to people who had not observed the commandments of the LORD.  Verse twenty-three adds, Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;  This warning applied to the commands of God made through Moses and applied to all generations of the people of Israel to come.  Verse twenty-four continues, 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.  There was a specification about what must be sacrificed if the law was transgressed in ignorance without knowledge of the congregation.  Fortunately for those who put their faith in Jesus Christ, all our sins are forgiven, even those that we may accidentally commit.  Verse twenty-five states, And 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:  Even sins committed in ignorance could not just be overlooked, because all sin brings the penalty of death with it.  The priest was to make atonement for the congregation after they brought their offerings and sin sacrices.  Jesus Christ is our sin sacrifice, and He is the only One Who can make atonement for them.  Verse twenty-six adds, And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.  All the people of Israel and any stranger living there would then be forgiven for sins committed in ignorance.  We may not know all of God's law and may commit a sin without realizing it, but as already stated, if we put our faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, all of our sins are forgiven.   Verse twenty-seven says, And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.  Verse twenty-eight adds, And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.  Bringing the wrong animal for a sacrificial offering through ignorance would be forgiven once the priest made atonement for the sin.  This was different than knowing what was required and not doing it.  Verse twenty-nine states, Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.  The same law, the only one, was to apply to all who sinned through ignorance, both the children of Israel and the stranger living with them.  Verse thirty adds, But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.  Those who deliberately sinned, whether a person of the children of Israel or a stranger, were to be cut off from among the people of Israel.   Deliberate sin will always be worse than accidentally sin.  Verse thirty-one continues, Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.  Those who despised the word of the LORD and deliberately sinned would be cut off from the people of Israel.  Those who despise the word of God today and reject the Living Word, Jesus Christ, will be forever cut off from God's kingdom.