What Does Numbers 5:7 Mean?

“Then they shall confess”

physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the ha

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“their sin”

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which they have done”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“and he shall recompense”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“his trespass”

guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering

“with the principal”

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

“unto it the fifth”

fifth; also a fifth

“thereof and add”

to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“part thereof and give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“it unto him against whom he hath trespassed”

to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish