Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

General references

Bible References

The fifth

Leviticus 6:4
'Then it hath been, when he sinneth, and hath been guilty, that he hath returned the plunder which he hath taken violently away, or the thing which he hath got by oppression, or the deposit which hath been deposited with him, or the lost thing which he hath found;
Leviticus 27:13
and if he really redeem it, then he hath added its fifth to thy valuation.
Numbers 5:7
and they have confessed their sin which they have done, then he hath restored his guilt in its principal, and its fifth is adding to it, and hath given it to him in reference to whom he hath been guilty.

General references

Leviticus 22:14
And when a man doth eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he hath added its fifth part to it, and hath given it to the priest, with the holy thing;
Leviticus 27:13
and if he really redeem it, then he hath added its fifth to thy valuation.