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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Numbers 5:7

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. The reference is to some form of trespass which concerned the neighbor's property, the guilt in that case consisting not only in depriving the neighbor of that which was his, but also in disturbing the relation of neighborliness in the people of God and thus in sinning directly against the Lord, Leviticus 6:1.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Numbers 5:7. _SHALL CONFESS THEIR SIN_] Without _confession_ or _acknowledgment_ of sin, there was no hope of mercy held out. _HE SHALL RECOMPENSE_] For without _restitution_, in every possibl...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The law of restitution: a passage supplementary to Leviticus 5:5, etc., Leviticus 6:5, etc. Numbers 5:7 RECOMPENSE HIS TRESPASS - i. e. make restitution to the perso

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE CAMP AND THE NAZARITE CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning the leper, the issue and defilement of the dead (Numbers 5:1)_ 2. Concerning restitution (Numbers 5:5) 3. Concerning th...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RESTITUTION OF MISAPPROPRIATED PROPERTY. This regulation supplements the law contained in Leviticus 6:1, which, dealing with the restitution of property wrongfully appropriated, omits to explain h...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    RECOMPENSE. return back. TRESPASS. Hebrew. _'asham._ App-44....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _make restitution for his guilt_ lit. -restore his guilt," abstract for concrete; _he shall_ RESTORE THAT WHICH HE GUILTILY HOLDS IN POSSESSION; and similarly in Numbers 5:8. _the fifth part_ The same...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Payments in compensation for wrongs. Part of this section (Numbers 5:6) is supplementary to the regulations in Leviticus 6:1-7. It is there laid down that if anyone incur guilt through wronging his n...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN THEY SHALL CONFESS THEIR SIN WHICH THEY HAVE DONE— _Then he shall confess the wrong he hath done._ REFLECTIONS.—We have here, 1. The separation of the unclean from the camp and tabernacle till t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. RESTITUTION AND OFFERING FOR THEFT vv. 5-10 TEXT Numbers 5:5. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6. Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 H...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    VARIOUS CEREMONIAL LAWS 1-4. On the seclusion of lepers and unclean persons, see Leviticus 13-15. 5-10. On the law of restitution, see Leviticus 5:14 to Leviticus 6:7, to which the present passage is...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הִתְוַדּ֗וּ אֶֽת ־חַטָּאתָם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂוּ֒...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    DEFILEMENT AND PURGATION Numbers 5:1 THE separation of Israel as a people belonging to Jehovah proceeded on ideas of holiness which excluded from privilege many of the Hebrews themselves. The law did...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Is there not, under this precept, concerning trespasses in general, somewhat couched, respecting the special and particular atonement made for offences universally by our nearest kinsman, the LORD JES...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Let us pursue the study of the book. Chapter 5 presents three things, in connection with the purity of the camp, looked at as the dwelling-place of God, and in connection with our pilgrim passage thro...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN THEY SHALL CONFESS THEIR SIN WHICH THEY HAVE DONE,.... The form of which confession, according to Fagius, was, O Lord, I am guilty of death, I have deserved to be stoned for this sin, or to be st...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They shall confess their sin_ They shall not continue in the denial of the fact, but give glory to God, and take shame to themselves by acknowledging it. _The principal_ That is, the thing he took aw...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The vncleane are remoued out of the campe. 5 Restitution is to be made in trespasses. 11 The triall of Iealousie. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Commaund the children of Israel, that...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DEFILEMENT CALLING FOR ISOLATION (vs.1-4) The principle of 1 Corinthians 5:6, "a little leaven leavens the whole lump" was just as true in the Old Testament as in the new. However, the defilement ofN...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 The camp was to be cleansed. The purity of the church must be kept as carefully as the peace and order of it. Every polluted Israelite must be separated. The wisdom from above is first pure, the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    They shall not continue in the denial of the fact, as such persons oft do, but shall give glory to God, and take shame to themselves, by acknowledging their sin with grief and remorse. See LEVITICUS 5...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    ''And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: both male an...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    MAINTAINING HARMONY IN THE CAMP: CONFESSION AND RESTITUTION FOR SIN AND THE NEED FOR ATONEMENT (NUMBERS 5:5). Not only ritual uncleanness but a trespass against another would ‘defile the camp' and pre...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Defilement of the camp. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The purity of the church must be as carefully guarded as the order of it and it is for the edification of it that those who are...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Numbers 5:2. _Defiled by the dead._ They were unclean seven days. The whole of Shem's race in India, keep this custom to the present day. Numbers 5:6. _Any sin that men commit;_ through ignorance, or...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 5:1__ The concept of uncleanness is important in the Bible, and it is not what most people assume the term means (for a discussion of the term, see Introduction to Leviticus; s...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE EXCLUSION OF THE UNCLEAN (_Numbers 5:1_) “Now that the nation was regularly organised, the sacred tribe dedicated, and the sanctuary with the tokens of God’s more immediate Presence provided with...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 1:8; Job 33:27; Job 33:28; Joshua 7:19; Leviticus 26:40;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    They shall confess their sin — They shall not continue in the denial of the fact, but give glory to God, and take shame to themselves by acknowledging it. The principal — That is, the thing he took aw...

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