16And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
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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.
And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-19)Hitherto in this chapter orders were given concerning those sacrifices that were both sin-offerings and trespass-offerings, for they go by both names, Lev. 5:6. Here we have the law concerning those that were properly and peculiarly trespass-offerings , which were offered to atone for trespasses done against a neighbour, those sins we commonly call trespasses. Now injuries done to another may be e…
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