Numbers 15:22

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,

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Lev 4:2 : 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
• Lev 4:13-14 : 13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat 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 bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Lev 4:22 : 22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat 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 sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
• Lev 5:13 : 13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
• Lev 5:15-17 : 15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: 16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
• Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
• Luke 12:48 : 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.