Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
We have here the laws concerning sacrifices for sins of ignorance; the Jews understand it of idolatry, or false worship, through the error of their teachers. The case here supposed is that they had not observed all these commandments, Num 15:22, Num 15:23.
Commenting on Numbers 15:22-29
And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly,.... By offering his sin offering for him: when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord; to whom it is known to be such, before whom all things are naked, open, and well known: to make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him; upon that atonement made by sacrifice; so the...
if any soul sin through ignorance--not only in common with the general body of the people, but his personal sins were to be expiated in the same manner.