Promise 19 from Numbers 15:26

Numbers 15:26 - "So all the congregation of the sons of Israel will be forgiven, with the alien who sojourns among them, for it happened to all the people through error." - The whole congregation made a mistake, the whole people group. I can totally see how this can be a real scenario, however in these cases everyone truly believes that they are doing nothing wrong. People in many lands are quick to be conformists to the majority so as to not "make waves" or to not draw unwanted attention to themselves. They may recognise their wrong, yet this is not a strong motivator to stand up for what is right or to make any effort to draw everyone else's attention to the right, which is opposite of their wrong. Many lands miss out on the blessings of forgiveness by God, simply because they don't ask for it. So God allows them to continue on in their corruption and suffering the consequences of their wrongness. The promise however is that God will forgive the whole people, if only they confess their wrong and ask for it.