Numbers 5:7
The Scripture
(7) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Numbers 5 commands that lepers, those with bodily discharges, and those defiled by the dead be sent outside the camp so that God's dwelling among them is not defiled. It then gives the law of restitution, requiring anyone who wrongs a neighbor to confess, repay the full amount, and add a fifth. The chapter closes with the law of jealousy, in which a suspected adulteress is brought before the Lord and given bitter water that brings a curse if she is guilty but declares her clean if she is innocent.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Leviticus 5:5Leviticus 26:40Joshua 7:19Job 33:27Job 33:28Psalms 32:5Proverbs 28:13I John 1:8I John 1:9I John 1:10Leviticus 5:15Leviticus 6:4
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