Numbers 5:7

they shall confess their sin, and they shall restore the principle itself, plus a fifth part above it, to any against whom they have sinned.

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In The King James Version

Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

In Context

6“Say to the sons of Israel: A man or a woman, when they have done anything out of all the sins that often befall men, or if, by negligence, they have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and so have committed an offense,

8But if there would be no one to receive it, they shall give it to the Lord, and it shall be for the priest, except for the ram, which is offered for expiation, in order to be a pleasing victim.

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Cross References

Leviticus 5:5let him do penance for his sin,

Leviticus 5:16And he shall make restitution for the damage that he has brought, and he shall add a fifth part more, delivering it to the priest, who shall pray for him while offering the ram, and he shall be released from it.

Leviticus 6:5all that he wanted to obtain by fraud, the whole plus an additional fifth part, to the owner against whom he brought the damage.

Leviticus 26:40until they confess their iniquities, and those of their ancestors, by which they have transgressed against me and walked as adversaries to me.

Job 33:27He will consider mankind, and he will say: “I have sinned and truly I have offended, yet I was not treated as I deserved.”

Proverbs 28:13Whoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake mercy.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:2-11

The Unclean to Be Removed. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. 5 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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