But if the [a]man have no kinsman, to whom he should restore the damage, the damage shall be restored to the Lord for the Priest’s use, besides the ram of the atonement, whereby he shall make atonement for him.

And every offering of all the [b]holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the Priest, shallbe (A)his.

10 And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: that is, whatsoever any man giveth the Priest, it shall be his.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:8 If he be dead to whom the wrong is done, and also have no kinsman.
  2. Numbers 5:9 Or, things offered to the Lord, as firstfruits, etc.

But if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram(A) with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer.(B) All the sacred contributions the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.(C) 10 Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.(D)’”

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