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Rules of Restitution

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the Israelites:[a] ‘When a man or woman commits[b] any of the sins of humankind by acting unfaithfully, it is a sin against Yahweh, and that person will be guilty; they will confess their sin that they did and will make restitution for their[c] guilt by adding a fifth to it[d] and giving it to whomever was wronged.[e] But if the man does not have a redeemer to make restitution to him for the reparation, the reparation is to be given to Yahweh for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement by which atonement is made for him. And every contribution of all the holy objects of the Israelites[f] that they bring to the priest for him will be his. 10 The holy objects of a man will be for him;[g] whatever he gives to the priest will be for him.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 5:6 Literally “does”
  3. Numbers 5:7 Hebrew “his”
  4. Numbers 5:7 Literally “on top of it”
  5. Numbers 5:7 Literally “to whomever he was guilty”
  6. Numbers 5:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Numbers 5:10 That is, the priest

Restitution for Wrongs

The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way[a] and so is unfaithful(A) to the Lord is guilty(B) and must confess(C) the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution(D) for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged. But if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram(E) with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer.(F) All the sacred contributions the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.(G) 10 Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.(H)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:6 Or woman who commits any wrong common to mankind