Numbers 5:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

Confess

1 John 1:8

With the principal

Bible References

Confess

So if you are guilty of any of these sins, you must confess it.

However if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors and the treacherous things they did to oppose me,

Joshua said to Achan: My son, give glory to Jehovah God of Israel and confess to him. Tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.

He comes to men and says: 'I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.'

I confessed my sins to you, and I did not cover up my guilt. I decided to confess them to you, O Jehovah. Then you forgave all my sins.

The man who covers his sins will not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them will have mercy.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

With the principal

If any of you fail to do your duty by unintentionally doing something wrong with any of Jehovah's holy things, bring a guilt offering to Jehovah. It must be a ram that has no defects or its value in silver weighed according to the official standards of the holy place.

you have sinned and are guilty. Return what you stole or seized, what you were supposed to take care of, the lost item you found,

The same instructions apply to the offering for sin and the guilt offering. Both offerings belong to the priest to pay compensation for wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah.

Zacchaeus stood before Jesus and said: Lord, I now give half of all my possessions to the poor. If I have defrauded any one I will give back four times the amount taken.