Numbers 5:5

Rules of Restitution

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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 will send away {both male and female}; you will send them {outside the camp}. They must not make unclean their camps where I [am] dwelling in their midst."

4 So the {Israelites} did so. They sent them away {outside the camp}; just as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the {Israelites}.

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

6 "Speak to the {Israelites}: 'When a man or woman {commits} any of the sins of humankind by acting unfaithfully, [it is] a sin against Yahweh, and that person will be guilty;

7 they will confess their sin that they did and will make restitution [for] their guilt by adding a fifth {to it} and giving [it] {to whomever was wronged}.