Numbers 5:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ But if that person has no close relative to whom to pay the restitution, the restitution belongs to Adonai. It is to be given to the kohen along with the ram of atonement with which he is to make atonement for him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But if the man [wronged] has no kinsman to whom the restitution may be made, let it be given to the Lord for the priest, besides the ram of atonement with which atonement shall be made for the offender.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto Jehovah shall be the priest’s; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him.

Common English Bible

⁸ If the person has no close relative to whom the payment can be made, then the compensation payment will go to the LORD for the priest. This is in addition to the ram of reconciliation by which the guilty party himself is reconciled.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But if there would be no one to receive it, they shall give it to the Lord, and it shall be for the priest, except for the ram, which is offered for expiation, in order to be a pleasing victim.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But if there be no one to receive it, they shall give it to the Lord, and it shall be the priest's: besides the ram that is offered for expiation, to be an atoning sacrifice.

Numbers 5:8 Cross References

2 Kings 12:16

They did not check on the men to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, for they dealt faithfully.

Leviticus 5:16

He is to make restitution for that which he has done wrong in regard to the holy thing, and is required to add a fifth part to it, and give it to the kohen. So the kohen will make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering—and he will be forgiven.

Leviticus 6:5

The fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it—it must not go out. Each morning the kohen is to burn wood on it, laying the burnt offering in order upon it, and burning up as smoke the fat of the fellowship offerings.

Leviticus 7:7

“As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering, there is one Torah for them: they are for the kohen who makes atonement with them.

Numbers 5:7

That person is to confess the sin he has committed, make full restitution for his wrong, add one fifth to it and give it to the one he wronged.

Numbers 5:9

“Every contribution from all the sacred things that Bnei-Yisrael brings to the kohen will belong to him.