Numbers 5:8

But if one have no kinsman unto whom he may make good that wherein he is guilty, then that wherein he is guilty, which is to be restored to Yahweh, shall be the priest’s,—besides the ram of propitiation, wherewith a propitiatory-covering is to be put over him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

In Context

7then shall they confess their sin which they have done, and he shall make good that wherein he is guilty, in the principal thereof, and the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto,—and give to him against whom he is guilty,

9And every heave-offering, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel which they bring near to the priest, unto him, shall it belong.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:7As the sin-bearer, so the guilt-bearer,—one law, for them,—the priest who maketh a propitiatory-covering, therewith,—to him, shall it belong,

2 Kings 12:16Silver for guilt-offerings and silver for sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Yahweh,—to the priests, they belonged.

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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