Numbers 5:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

If the injured party has no next of kin to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for the guilty party.

Cross References

Leviticus 7:7

“The guilt offering is like the purification offering; the same rule applies to them: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.

Leviticus 5:16

And you shall make restitution for the holy thing in which you were remiss and shall add one-fifth to it and give it to the priest. The priest shall make atonement on your behalf with the ram of the guilt offering, and you shall be forgiven.

Leviticus 6:5

or anything else about which you have sworn falsely, you shall repay the principal amount and add one-fifth to it. You shall pay it to its owner when you recognize your guilt.

Numbers 5:7

and shall confess the sin that has been committed. The person shall make full restitution for the wrong, adding one-fifth to it and giving it to the one who was wronged.

Numbers 5:9

Among all the sacred donations of the Israelites, every gift that they bring to the priest shall be his.

2 Kings 12:16

The silver from the guilt offerings and the silver from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; it belonged to the priests.