You must make restitution for the sacred property you have harmed by paying for the loss, plus an additional 20 percent. When you give the payment to the priest, he will purify you with the ram sacrificed as a guilt offering, making you right with the Lord, and you will be forgiven.

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And he shall make amends. — Since the sacrifice was simply to atone for the transgression, the offender was first to make…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And he shall make amends for the harm. From this, it more clearly appears, as I have recently stated, that those who withheld anything of …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he shall make amends for the harm that he has done in
the holy thing
This seems t…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here are offerings to atone for trespasses against a neighbor. If a person unknowingly put to their own use anything dedicated to God, they were to…