Numbers 5:5

Confession and Restitution

5 And the LORD said to Moses, ¹

Numbers 5:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 5:5

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Or continued to speak to him at the same time:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 5:5 In-Context

3 You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

4 So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.

5 And the LORD said to Moses,

6 “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty

7 and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.

Cross References

• 1. (Luke 19:1–10)