Numbers 5:8

New American Bible - revised edition

However, if there is no next of kin, one to whom restitution can be made, the restitution shall be made to the Lord and shall fall to the priest; this is apart from the ram of atonement with which the priest makes atonement for the guilty individual.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:16

Moreover, no reckoning was asked of those who were provided with the funds to give to the workers, because they held positions of trust.

Leviticus 5:16

The wrongdoer shall also restore what has been misused of the sacred objects, adding a fifth of its value, and give this to the priest. Thus the priest shall make atonement for the person with the ram of the reparation offering, so that the individual may be forgiven.

Leviticus 6:5

The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest shall put firewood on it. On this he shall lay out the burnt offering and burn the fat of the communion offering.

Leviticus 7:7

Because the purification offering and the reparation offering are alike, both have the same ritual. The reparation offering belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.

Numbers 5:7

that person shall confess the wrong that has been done, make restitution in full, and in addition give one fifth of its value to the one that has been wronged.

Numbers 5:9

Likewise, every contribution among the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the priest will belong to him.