John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 5:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then they shall confess their sin which they have done, etc.] The form of which confession, according to Fagius, was, O Lord, I am guilty of death, I have deserved to be stoned for this sin, or to be strangled for this trespass, or to be burnt for this crime, etc. and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth [part] thereof; paying the whole of whatsoever he had in any manner defrauded his neighbour of, to which he was to add a fifth part of that; that is, as Aben Ezra interprets it, it he confesses of himself, but if there are witnesses of it he must add two fifths, and some say a fifth of a fifth: and give [it] unto [him] against whom he hath trespassed; as a satisfaction for the injury done him.

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