Numbers 5:6

_SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHEN A MAN OR WOMAN SHALL COMMIT ANY SIN THAT MEN COMMIT, TO DO A TRESPASS AGAINST THE LORD, AND THAT PERSON BE GUILTY;_ Trespass against the Lord. This is a wrong or injury done by one man to the property of another and as it is called "a trespass against the Lord," it is implied, in the case supposed, that the offence has been aggravated by prevaricating-by a false oath, or a fraudulent lie in denying it, which is a "trespass" committed against God, who is the sole judge of what is falsely sworn or spoken (Acts 5:3). AND THAT PERSON BE GUILTY - i:e., from the obvious tenor of the passage, conscience-smitten, or brought to a sense and conviction of his evil conduct (see the note at Leviticus 6:4). In that case there must be, first, confession, a pen

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, then peaceable. The greater profession of religion any house or family makes, the more they are obliged to put away iniquity far from them. If a man overreach or defraud his brother in any matter, it is a trespass against the Lord, who strictly charges and commands us to do justly. What is to be done when a man's awakened conscience charges him with guilt of this kind, though done long ago? He must confess his sin, confess it to God, confess it to his neighbour, and take shame to himself; though it go against him to own himself in a lie, yet he must do it. Satisfaction must be made for the offence done to God, as well as for the loss sustained by the neighbour; restitution in that case is not e...

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 person whom he has injured. Numbers 5:8 WHEREBY AN ATONEMENT SHALL BE MADE FOR HIM - literally, “which shall clear him of guilt as to it,” i. e. as to the trespass. Numbers 5:10 AND EVERY MAN’S HALLOWED THINGS SHALL BE HIS - i. e. the pri

EXPOSITION THE UNCLEAN TO BE REMOVED (Numbers 5:1). NUMBERS 5:2 EVERY LEPER. The law of the leper had been given in great detail in Leviticus 13:1 and Leviticus 14:1, and it had been already ordered that he should be put out of the camp (Le Leviticus 13:46, and cf. Leviticus 14:3). Every one that hath an issue. These d

SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Put them in mind of the following law, that they observe it; and which is here repeated, because of two new things in it, as Jarchi observes, the one relates to confession, teaching that there is no fifth part nor trespass offering by witnesses, till a man confesses the thing; and the other is, concerning taking anything away by violence from a proselyte, which is to be given to the priests; see the original law in Leviticus 6:1; WHEN A MAN OR WOMAN SHALL COMMIT ANY SIN THAT MEN COMMIT; or, "any of the sins of men" e, which are commonly done by men, and men are subject to through the infirmity of the flesh, and the temptations of Satan; or "any sin against man" f, so some, as this referred to is expressly said to be, Numbers 5:7; to do a t

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 the wife suspected of adultery (Numbers 5:11) So far we had the outward arrangement of the camp. This chapter tells us that the camp had to be holy and therefore must be cleansed from that which defiles. Divine directions are given concerning the unclean person, the restitution of anything unjustly taken and what is to be done with a wife suspected of adultery. Leprosy could not be tolerated in the camp in the midst whereof Jehovah dwelt. The persons who had an issue and had come in touch with the de

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 how it is to be disposed of, if the owner has died without leaving any kinsman to whom restitution may be made. The present enactment enjoins that the property in such a case shall pass to the priest as Yahweh's representative. Numbers 5:9. HEAVE OFFERING: better, contribution, the word meaning in strictness anything heaved (or lifted) from a larger aggregate....

MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ See App-14. SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a._ App-44. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ See App-14. TRESPASS. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44. PERSON. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....

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 neighbour by robbery, or oppression, by appropriating something committed to his keeping as a deposit, or by concealing the fact that he has found lost property, he must confess, and restore the property _plus_one-fifth, and offer to God as an atonement for his sin a guilt-offering of a ram. It is, to use a modern phrase, -conscience money." In the present passage it is further provided that if the neighbour whom he has wronged be dead, and there be no _gô"çl_(see note below) to whom the property can be restored, it is to be paid to the priest. The ram of the guilt-offering is, of course, to be offered

WHEN A MAN OR WOMAN SHALL COMMIT, &C.— _Shall do any manner of wrong to any man, trespassing therein withal against the Lord, and the person is found guilty._ Some think that the clause, _and that person be guilty,_ should rather be rendered, _shall be sensible of his guilt:_ and Calmet judiciously observes, that this law respects secret offences, and those who would expiate their fault before any public notification of it. Of the same kind is the law which follows. In cases of theft detected, the criminal is bound to restore four, and, in some cases, five times the value. Exodus 22:1. But Moses is here more indulgent to those who frankly confess their fault, in order to encourage restitution, and to recompence the offender's ingenuousness. See Calmet....