Compensation for Wrongdoing
5 The Lord spoke to Moses: 6 "Tell the Israelites: When a man or woman commits any sin against another, that person acts unfaithfully toward the Lord 5:6 Lv 6:2; Nm 31:16; Jos 22:22; 2Ch 28:19 and is guilty. 5:6 Lv 4:13,22,27; 5:2–5,17–19; 6:4; Ezk 22:4; 25:127 The person is to confess 5:7 Lv 5:5; 26:40; Neh 1:6 the sin he has committed. He is to pay full compensation, add a fifth of its value to it, and give it to the individual he has wronged. 5:7 Lv 5:16; 6:1–5; 22:14; 27:13,15,19,27,318 But if that individual has no relative 5:8 Lv 25:25,48–49; Jr 32:7 to receive compensation, the compensation goes to the Lord for the priest, along with the atonement ram by which the priest will make atonement for the guilty person. 5:8 Lv 6:6–79 Every holy contribution the Israelites present to the priest will be his. 5:9 Ex 25:2–3; 29:27–28; Lv 7:14,32,3410 Each one’s holy contribution is his to give; what each one gives to the priest will be his."