Numbers 5:9

_AND EVERY OFFERING OF ALL THE HOLY THINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHICH THEY BRING UNTO THE PRIEST, SHALL BE HIS._ Every offering ... shall be his. Whatever was given in this way, or otherwise, as by free-will offerings, irrevocably belonged to the priest....

9._And every offering. _Thus far I have brought together the passages, in which Moses treats of the office of the priests, and have briefly expounded them, I will now begin to treat of their rights, _i.e., _of the honor which God invested them with, that He might have them ready and cheerful in their obedience. Here, however, Moses lightly touches upon what he more fully sets forth in other passages, as we shall presently see, viz., He assigns to the priests all the holy oblations, the various kinds of which He afterwards enumerates. Now, there were three principal grounds for this law; — _First, _Lest what had been already dedicated to God should be profaned by its promiscuous use; for, that the sacrifices might retain their proper dignity, it was necessary to distinguish the sacred from ordinary meats. _Secondly, _A vainglorious excess in respect to the ceremonies was restrained; for i...

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 RESTITUTION TO BE MADE FOR TRESPASSES (Numbers 5:5-4). NUMBERS 5:6 SHALL COMMIT ANY SIN THAT MEN COMMIT. Literally, "[one] of all the transgressions of men," i.e; the wrongs current amongst men. To do a TRESPASS AGAINST THE Lord. This qualifies the former expression, and restricts its reference to the sins mentioned in Le Numbers 6:2, Numbers 6:8, Numbers 6:5, viz; wron

AND EVERY OFFERING OF ALL THE HOLY THINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Of the holy sacrifices brought by them to be offered up; that part of them which is elevated, heaved, or waved, as the heave shoulder and wave breast: WHICH THEY BRING UNTO THE PRIEST, SHALL BE HIS; what they bring to him to offer for them shall be his who performs the service, even that part of them which is his due....

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....

OFFERING. heave offering. Hebrew. _terumah._ See App-43, and note on Exodus 29:27. HOLY. separated. See note on Exodus 3:5....

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