Numbers 15:1-41
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
3 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performinga a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.
22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
23 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;
24 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.
25 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:
26 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.
27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
28 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.
29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinnethb through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously,c 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.
31 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.
32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
Now, in chapter fifteen,
The LORD spoke unto Moses saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and When you come into the land (Numbers 15:1-2),
Now this is interesting, right after their failure to enter in. They had just come-it was a point of failure. Kadesh Barnea was a tragedy. They were at the border of entering in and now they're turned away and they're to be shut out for forty years; a year for every day that the spies were in the land, until that whole generation be passed. All of those that were twenty years or older who came out of Egypt, their carcasses are to be buried in the wilderness. And for forty years they're gonna tromp through that wilderness until they've all died. And then the children of whom they were complaining saying, "You know that God has brought us here to wipe out our children". The children will go in and possess the land that their parents failed to do.
Now, they have just failed. They've just been turned away and the next thing God says, "Now when you come into the land" and he gives them orders for the sacrifices that they are to make when they come into the land. The various offerings; the meal offering, the drink offering, the burnt offering and the peace offering and the sin offerings and all. And God gives them the command of these various sacrifices that they are to make when you come into the land.
I think that that's neat of God. He's just said, "All right. You're not going to make it. Your children will and when they come into the land this is what they're to do." He's more or less just confirming the fact that he's gonna keep His word and bring them in. Now He's giving orders; "When you come into the land this is what you're supposed to do, these are the offerings that you are to make."
When you come into the land whether I bring you (Numbers 15:18),
Again in verse eighteen,
and the various sacrifices even for those sins of ignorance (Numbers 15:24).
And it is interesting that it points out in the latter portion of verse twenty-four and so forth the types of offerings that were to be offered for the sins of ignorance, even the sins of ignorance need attending to. You remember Jesus prayed, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do", (Luke 23:24) sins of ignorance but yet they need forgiveness. How many times we've sinned and didn't even know it? Sins of ignorance. I didn't know what I was doing; it wasn't a deliberate, willful thing, it was just ignorance and yet it needs forgiveness.
So verse thirty-two,
When the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering sticks on the sabbath day (Numbers 15:32).
As a violation of the law they didn't know what to do. They put him in jail to get the mind of the Lord and the Lord said, "stone him". And so the man was put to death.
And then the LORD commanded Moses, telling the people of Israel that they were to sew blue ribbon around the borders of their coats: And that blue ribbon around the borders of their coats was to be on the fringes, as a reminder to keep the commandments of the LORD; that you do not seek after your own heart or your own eye, after which you used to go a whoring: But you'll remember to do the commandments of the LORD (Numbers 15:37-40).
I think that's neat; a blue ribbon around the fringe of your coat. Every time you see it you're reminded hey, don't follow my own lust or my own wish, my own heart; follow and keep the commandments of the Lord. And so, the blue ribbon is sort of a traditional thing. In some of their festive days they have coats still with a blue ribbon and skirts with a blue ribbon around the bottom. And if you see them you know now what they stand for. They're reminders to the people not to follow after your own heart but to keep the commandments of the Lord. Chapter 15
Now, in chapter fifteen,
The LORD spoke unto Moses saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and When you come into the land (Numbers 15:1-2),
Now this is interesting, right after their failure to enter in. They had just come-it was a point of failure. Kadesh Barnea was a tragedy. They were at the border of entering in and now they're turned away and they're to be shut out for forty years; a year for every day that the spies were in the land, until that whole generation be passed. All of those that were twenty years or older who came out of Egypt, their carcasses are to be buried in the wilderness. And for forty years they're gonna tromp through that wilderness until they've all died. And then the children of whom they were complaining saying, "You know that God has brought us here to wipe out our children". The children will go in and possess the land that their parents failed to do.
Now, they have just failed. They've just been turned away and the next thing God says, "Now when you come into the land" and he gives them orders for the sacrifices that they are to make when they come into the land. The various offerings; the meal offering, the drink offering, the burnt offering and the peace offering and the sin offerings and all. And God gives them the command of these various sacrifices that they are to make when you come into the land.
I think that that's neat of God. He's just said, "All right. You're not going to make it. Your children will and when they come into the land this is what they're to do." He's more or less just confirming the fact that he's gonna keep His word and bring them in. Now He's giving orders; "When you come into the land this is what you're supposed to do, these are the offerings that you are to make."
When you come into the land whether I bring you (Numbers 15:18),
Again in verse eighteen,
and the various sacrifices even for those sins of ignorance (Numbers 15:24).
And it is interesting that it points out in the latter portion of verse twenty-four and so forth the types of offerings that were to be offered for the sins of ignorance, even the sins of ignorance need attending to. You remember Jesus prayed, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do", (Luke 23:24) sins of ignorance but yet they need forgiveness. How many times we've sinned and didn't even know it? Sins of ignorance. I didn't know what I was doing; it wasn't a deliberate, willful thing, it was just ignorance and yet it needs forgiveness.
So verse thirty-two,
When the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering sticks on the sabbath day (Numbers 15:32).
As a violation of the law they didn't know what to do. They put him in jail to get the mind of the Lord and the Lord said, "stone him". And so the man was put to death.
And then the LORD commanded Moses, telling the people of Israel that they were to sew blue ribbon around the borders of their coats: And that blue ribbon around the borders of their coats was to be on the fringes, as a reminder to keep the commandments of the LORD; that you do not seek after your own heart or your own eye, after which you used to go a whoring: But you'll remember to do the commandments of the LORD (Numbers 15:37-40).
I think that's neat; a blue ribbon around the fringe of your coat. Every time you see it you're reminded hey, don't follow my own lust or my own wish, my own heart; follow and keep the commandments of the Lord. And so, the blue ribbon is sort of a traditional thing. In some of their festive days they have coats still with a blue ribbon and skirts with a blue ribbon around the bottom. And if you see them you know now what they stand for. They're reminders to the people not to follow after your own heart but to keep the commandments of the Lord.
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