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Numbers 5:7 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Numbers 5:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 5 verse 7 to related passages throughout the 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 hath trespassed.”
Numbers 5:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Numbers 5:7
This law requires confession and restitution when someone 'commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD.' The Hebrew 'yadah' (confess) means to acknowledge openly, while making full restitution plus twenty percent demonstrates genuine repentance bearing fruit. The phrase 'trespass against the LORD' shows that sins against people are ultimately sins against God (cf. Ps 51:4, 'Against thee, thee only, have I sinned'). This law requires both vertical reconciliation (confession to God) and horizontal reconciliation (restitution to the wronged party), foreshadowing Christ's tea...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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Cross-References for Numbers 5:7
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“when he is guilty of one of these”
“My son”
“but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
“Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
“I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh”
“if he has sinned”
“we deceive ourselves”