then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, or any thing about which he has sworn falsely: he shall restore it in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. He shall return it to him to whom it belongs in the day of his being found guilty. He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest. The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty.”
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor, or has found that which was lost, and lied about it, and swearing to a lie—in any of these things that a man sins in his actions— then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, or any thing about which he has sworn falsely: he shall restore it in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. He shall return it to him to whom it belongs in the day of his being found guilty. He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest. The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty.”
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then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,
or any thing about which he has sworn falsely: he shall restore it in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. He shall return it to him to whom it belongs in the day of his being found guilty.
He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest.
The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty.”
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Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
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(5-23) then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or the lost thing which he found,
(5-24) or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely, he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto; unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being guilty.
(5-25) And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest.
(5-26) And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven, concerning whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby.
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- Leviticus 5:15 (v6) “If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly regarding Yahweh’s holy things, then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a…
- Leviticus 4:26 (v7) All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him…
- Leviticus 5:16 (v5) He shall make restitution for that which he has done wrong regarding the holy thing, and shall add a fifth part to it, and give it to the…
- Leviticus 5:18 (vv6–7) He shall bring a ram without defect from of the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest; and the priest…
- Exodus 22:9 (v5) For every matter of trespass, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one…
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- Numbers 5:7-8 (v5) then he shall confess his sin which he has done; and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, add to it the fifth part of it, and…
- 1 Samuel 12:3 (v5) Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I…
- 2 Samuel 12:6 (v5) He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!”
- Luke 19:8 (v5) Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone,…
- 1 John 1:9 (v7) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- 1 John 2:1-2 (v7) My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ,…
- Genesis 21:25 (v4) Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
- Exodus 22:1 (v5) “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 22:4 (v5) If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
- Exodus 22:7 (v5) “If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house, if the thief is found, he shall pay…
- Exodus 34:7 (v7) keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the…
- Leviticus 4:13-15 (v4) “ ‘If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things…
- Leviticus 4:20 (v7) Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement…
- Leviticus 4:31 (v7) All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar…
- Leviticus 5:3-4 (v4) “ ‘Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his uncleanness is with which he is unclean, and it is hidden from him; when he knows…
- Leviticus 5:10 (v7) He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin…
- Leviticus 5:13 (v7) The priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned in any of these things, and he will be forgiven; and the rest…
- Leviticus 5:15-16 (v7) “If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly regarding Yahweh’s holy things, then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a…
- Job 20:19 (v4) For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
- Job 24:2 (v4) There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
- Proverbs 6:30-31 (v5) Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry; but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall…
- Isaiah 1:18 (v7) “Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red…
- Isaiah 53:10-11 (v6) Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He…
- Isaiah 58:6 (v5) “Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free,…
- Isaiah 58:9 (v5) Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke,…
- Isaiah 59:6 (v4) Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are…
- Ezekiel 18:7 (v4) and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and…
- Ezekiel 18:12 (v4) has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed…
- Ezekiel 18:18 (v4) As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he will die…
- Ezekiel 18:21-23 (v7) “But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he…
- Ezekiel 18:26-27 (v7) When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done he shall…
- Ezekiel 33:14-16 (v7) Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die;” if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right; if the wicked…
- Ezekiel 33:19 (v7) When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
- Amos 3:10 (v4) “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
- Micah 2:2 (v4) They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
- Micah 7:18 (v7) Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger…
- Zephaniah 1:9 (v4) In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
- Matthew 5:23-24 (v5) “If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there…
- Matthew 12:31 (v7) Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (v7) Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor…
- 1 John 1:7 (v7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses…
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv4–7 Lev 6:4 Then it shall be, because he hath…
Lev 6:4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
Ver. 4. And is guilty.] Found guilty by a self-condemning conscience; which now, like Samson’s wife, conceals not the riddle, but tells all; as she said of our Saviour in Joh 4:29.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv4–5 Because he hath sinned, and is guilty. This guilt…
Because he hath sinned, and is guilty. This guilt of his being manifested, either by his refusing to swear when called to it, as in some of the cases alleged; or by his voluntary confession upon remorse, whereby he reapeth this benefit, that he only restores the principal with the addition of a fifth part; whereas if he were convicted of his fault, he was to pay double, Exo 22:9.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv4–7 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned and…
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned and is guilty,.... Owns his guilt through remorse of conscience, and makes a confession of it; or otherwise, upon conviction, without such confession he was to pay double, see Exo 22:7 whereas, in this case it is only ordered:
that he shall restore that which he took violently away: whether money, goods, or cattle:
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or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten; by outwitting him, by extortion, by false accusation, or detention of wages:
or that which was delivered him to keep; in which he was unfaithful to his trust, be it what it will:
or the lost thing which he found; and denied he had it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv4–5 Is guilty - This guilt being manifested by his…
Is guilty - This guilt being manifested by his voluntary confession upon remorse, whereby he reapeth this benefit, that he only restores the principal with the addition of a fifth part; whereas if he were convicted of his fault, he was to pay double, Exod. xxii, 9.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv5–6 Verse 5. All that about which he hath sworn…
Verse 5. All that about which he hath sworn falsely] This supposes the case of a man who, being convicted by his own conscience, comes forward and confesses his sin.
Restore it in the principal] The property itself if still remaining, or the full value of it, to which a fifth part more was to be added.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v5 Lev 6:5. In the day of his trespass-offering —…
Lev 6:5. In the day of his trespass-offering — It must not be delayed, but restitution to man must accompany repentance toward God. Wherever wrong has been done, restitution must be made, and till it is made, to the utmost of our power, we cannot look for forgiveness; for the keeping of what is unjustly gotten, avows the taking: and both together make but one continued act of unrighteousness.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v5 In the day of his trespass offering - The…
In the day of his trespass offering - The restitution was thus to be associated with the religious act by which the offender testified his penitence.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv4–6 Convicted, by his own conscience, and by the judgment…
Convicted, by his own conscience, and by the judgment of the priest to whom he has confessed his sin. The Hebrew expresses the different sorts of sins specified above, which the Vulgate denotes by the word offence.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv4–7 4. He shall restore — Fruits mete for repentance…
4. He shall restore — Fruits mete for repentance are required before ceremonialism; mercy, or a right state of heart, before sacrifice. Thus the Philippian jailer washed the stripes of Christ’s ambassadors before he received baptism at their hands. Where restitution is possible, it must be immediately made; where it is not immediately possible, it must be solemnly promised, and the promise must be performed as soon as practicable.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv4–6 (4) Then it shall be, because he hath sinned,…
(4) Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty.—Better, And it shall come to pass, token he hath so sinned, and acknowledged his guilt. (See Lev_4:22.) That is, when he has committed any of the aforementioned offences, and denied the sin with an oath, but afterwards voluntarily acknowledges his guilt without having been found out.
That he shall restore that . . . which he hath deceitfully gotten.—Better, then he shall restore, &c.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv4–5 As before, the profit gained by fraud or violence…
As before, the profit gained by fraud or violence is to be given up, and with it a fine is to be paid, amounting to one-fifth of the value of the thing appropriated.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v5 in full
in full
"fully" or "totally"
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add one-fifth
This means the person must return what he owes to someone and pay an extra one-fifth of the value. See how you translated this in Leviticus 5:16. (See: Fractions)
pay it all to the owner
This can be translated in active form. AT: "to pay the person he owes" (See: Active or Passive)
he is found guilty
The person who stole is to be brought before the judge and be declared guilty. This can be stated in active form. AT: "the judge declares him guilty" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information and Active or Passive)
worth the current value
This means the person must determine how many shekels the ram is worth by using the official standard of the sacred tent. You can make clear the understood information. See how this was translated in Leviticus 5:15. (See: Ellipsis)
The priest will make atonement for him
The abstract noun "atonement" can be stated as a verb. AT: "The priest will atone for him" (See: Abstract Nouns)
before Yahweh
"in the presence of Yahweh"
he will be forgiven
This means Yahweh will forgive the person, not the priest. This can be translated in active form. AT: "God will forgive him" (See: Active or Passive)
translationWords
restore
guilt
guilt offering
Yahweh
ewe
blemish
flocks
worthy
priest
atonement
forgive
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv5, 7 6:5 The instructions for the guilt offering assumed that…
6:5 The instructions for the guilt offering assumed that a person’s conscience would induce voluntary reparation; when restitution was voluntary, the surcharge for loss of use to the owner was always 20 percent. Penalties were more severe in other cases (cp. Exod 22:1-15). There is a clear difference between voluntary confession and simply admitting sin after being caught.
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