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.
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Gill's Exposition
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done,.... The form of which confession, according to Fagius, was, O Lord, I am guilty of death, I have deserved to be stoned for this sin, or to be…
The law of restitution: a passage supplementary to Lev 5:5, etc., Lev 6:5, etc. Num 5:7 Recompense his trespass - i. e. make restitution to the person whom he has injured. Num 5:8 Whereby an atonement…
Here is, I. A command for the purifying of the camp, by turning out from within its lines all those that were ceremonially unclean, by issues, leprosies, or the touch of dead bodies, until they were…
Cambridge Bible
make restitution for his guilt lit. -restore his guilt," abstract for concrete; he shall restore that which he guiltily holds in possession; and similarly in Num 5:5.
the fifth part The same…
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