Numbers 15:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if you have erred and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכִ֣י תִשְׁגּ֔וּ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַמִּצְוֺ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And when tishgû and not taʿăśû ʾēt all-hammitswôt hāʾēlleh which-dibbēr YHWH to-Mōsheh

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *kî*: conjunction - when/if
• *tishgû*: qal imperfect 2nd person plural - you err/go astray
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *taʿăśû*: qal imperfect 2nd person plural - you do/perform
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *kol-hammitswôt*: construct state + definite article + noun feminine plural - all of the commandments
• *hāʾēlleh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun plural - these
• *ʾăsher-dibbēr*: relative pronoun + piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular - which spoke
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾel-Mōsheh*: preposition + proper noun - to Moses

Word Meanings

• *tishgû*: err/go astray/wander/commit error inadvertently
• *taʿăśû*: do/perform/make/accomplish
• *mitswôt*: commandments/precepts/orders
• *dibbēr*: spoke/said/commanded

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If you unintentionally fail to follow any of these commands that the Lord has instructed to Moses—

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf ye ouerse youre selues and obserue not all these commaundmetes which the Lorde hath spoken vnto Moses

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan ye thorow ignoraunce ouer se eny of these commaundementes, which the LORDE hath spoken by Moses,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And if ye haue erred, and not obserued all these commandements, which the Lord hath spoken vnto Moses,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And if ye haue erred, and obserue not all these commaundementes which the Lorde hath spoken vnto Moyses,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And when ye err, and do not all these commands which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And if in error you go against any of these laws which the Lord has given to Moses,

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Rules for Unintentional Offenses“‘If you sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses–

Referenced Verses

• Lev 4:2 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul sins through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and does against any of them:
• Lev 4:13-14 : 13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sins through ignorance, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; 14 When the sin which they have sinned against it is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bull for the sin, and bring it before the tabernacle of meeting.
• Lev 4:22 : 22 When a ruler has sinned, and done something through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
• Lev 4:27 : 27 And if any one of the common people sins through ignorance, while doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
• Lev 5:13 : 13 And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he has committed in any of these matters, and it shall be forgiven him: and the rest shall belong to the priest, as a grain offering.
• Lev 5:15-17 : 15 If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring for his trespass to the LORD a ram without blemish from the flocks, valued by you in shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: 16 And he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done in the holy thing, and add one-fifth to it, and give it to the priest: and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 17 And if a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he did not know it, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his guilt.
• Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.
• Luke 12:48 : 48 But he that did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.