"And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and giv…" — Leviticus 5:16

Leviticus 5:16 · KJV

“And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.”

— Leviticus 5:16

Verse 15

If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:

Verse 17

And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist {it} not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 5 — Context

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist {it} not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist {it} not, and it shall be forgiven him.

Cross References

Numbers 5:7

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.

Leviticus 22:14

And if a man eat {of} the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth {part} thereof unto it, and shall give {it} unto the priest with the holy thing.

Leviticus 6:4-5

Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

Leviticus 27:15

And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth {part} of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.

Leviticus 27:31

And if a man will at all redeem {ought} of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth {part} thereof.

Leviticus 27:13

But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth {part} thereof unto thy estimation.

Leviticus 27:27

And if {it be} of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem {it} according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth {part} of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

Leviticus 5:10

And he shall offer the second {for} a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. {manner: or, ordinance}