If ought be committed. Rather, "if it be committed," i.e; the non-observance of "all these commandments." It cannot, however, be necessary to suppose that a falling away from the whole body of the Mosaic legislation is here intended; such an apostasy could not happen by oversight, and if it did, the remedy provided would seem much too slight for the occasion.
The analogy of the provision which follows (Numbers 15:27), and of the parallel provisions in Le Numbers 4:2, Numbers 4:13, points clearly to the neglect of any one of the Divine commandments. One young bullock for a burnt offering.
In the case of a sin of commission done ignorantly, the bullock was treated as a sin offering (Le Numbers 4:14, Numbers 4:20), for in that case the expiation of guilt incurred is the prominent point in the atonement; in this case it is the necessity of a fresh self-dedication to the Lord.
According to the manner, כַּמִּשְׁפָט, according to the ordinance given above. One kid of the goats for a sin offering. This was no doubt offered first, because expiation must precede self-oblation, but the bullock is mentioned first as forming the principal part of the sacrifice.
The kid was probably treated according to the regulations of Le Numbers 4:14, sq.