Leviticus 5:16

Easy To Read Version

That person must pay for the sin he did with the holy things. He must give the things he promised, add one-fifth to the value, and give this money to the priest. In this way, the priest will make that person pure [53] with the ram of the guilt offering. And God will forgive that person.

Cross References

Psalm 69:4

I have more enemies\par than the hairs on my head.\par They hate me for no reason.\par They try hard to destroy me.\par My enemies tell lies about me.\par They lied and said I stole things.\par And then they forced me to pay\par for things I did not steal.\par

Exodus 22:1

“How should you punish a man who steals a bull or a sheep? If the man kills the animal or sells it, then he can’t give it back. So he must pay five bulls for the one he stole. Or, he must pay four sheep for the one he stole. He must pay for stealing.

Leviticus 22:14

“A person might eat some of the holy food by mistake. That person must give the same amount to the priest, and he must give another fifth of the price of that food.

Leviticus 27:13

If the person wants to buy back the animal, [459] then he must add a fifth to the price.

Leviticus 27:15

But if the person who gave the house wants to get it back, then he must add a fifth to the price. Then the house will belong to that person.

Leviticus 27:27

{People must give firstborn animals to the Lord.} But if the firstborn animal is an unclean [467] animal, then the person must buy back that animal. The priest will decide the price of the animal, and the person must add a fifth to that price. If the person does not buy back that animal, then the priest must sell the animal for the price he decided.

Leviticus 27:31

So if a person wants to get back his tenth, he must add a fifth to its price {and then buy it back}.

Leviticus 4:20

The priest must offer these parts just like he offered the bull of the sin offering. [33] In this way, the priest will make the people pure. [34] And God will forgive the people of Israel.

Leviticus 4:26

And the priest must burn all the goat’s fat on the altar. He must burn it like he burns the fat of the sacrifice of fellowship offerings. In this way, the priest will make the ruler pure. [36] And God will forgive the ruler.

Leviticus 5:10

Then the priest must offer the second bird according to the rules for a burnt offering. In this way, the priest will make that person pure [46] from the sin that person did. And God will forgive that person.

Leviticus 5:13

In this way, the priest will make that person pure. [50] And God will forgive that person. The part that is left will belong to the priest, just like the grain offering.”

Leviticus 5:6

He must bring his guilt offering to the Lord for the sin he did. He must bring a female lamb or a female goat as a sin offering. Then the priest will {do the things that will} make that person pure [44] from the sin that person did.

Leviticus 7:2

A priest must kill the guilt offering in the same place where they kill the burnt offerings. Then the priest must sprinkle the blood from the guilt offering around the altar. [69]

Numbers 5:7

So that person must confess (tell about) the sin he has done. Then that person must fully pay for that wrong thing he did. And he must add one-fifth to the payment and give it all to the person he had done wrong to.

Numbers 5:8

{But maybe the person he did wrong to is dead. And} maybe that dead person doesn’t have any close relatives to take the payment. In that case, the person who did wrong will give the payment to the Lord. That person will give the full payment to the priest. The priest must sacrifice the ram that makes people pure. This ram must be sacrificed to cover over the sins of the person who did wrong. But the priest can keep the rest of the payment.

Luke 19:8

Zacchaeus said to the Lord (Jesus), “I want to do good. I will give half of my money to the poor. If I have cheated any person, I will pay that person back four times more!”

Acts 26:20

I began telling people that they should change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. I told the people to do things that show that they really changed their hearts. I told these things first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told these things to the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.

1 Samuel 6:3

The priests and magicians answered, “If you send back the Holy Box [71] of the God of Israel, don’t send it away empty. You must offer gifts so the God of Israel will take away your sins. Then you will be healed. You will be made pure. You should do these things so God will stop punishing you.” [72]