The Meaning of Numbers 5:8 Explained

Numbers 5:8

KJV: But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

YLT: And if the man have no redeemer to restore the guilt to, the guilt which is restored is Jehovah's, the priest's, apart from the ram of the atonements, whereby he maketh atonement for him.

Darby: And if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, the trespass which is recompensed to Jehovah shall be the priest's, besides the ram of the atonement, wherewith an atonement is made for him.

ASV: But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto Jehovah shall be the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But if the man  have no kinsman  to recompense  the trespass  unto, let the trespass  be recompensed  unto the LORD,  [even] to the priest;  beside the ram  of the atonement,  whereby an atonement shall be made  for him. 

What does Numbers 5:8 Mean?

Study Notes

kinsman Heb. goel, Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield " Isaiah 59:20 ") .
atonement
atonement
Heb. kaphar, "to cover." The English word "atonement" (at-one-ment) is not a translation of the Heb. kaphar, but a translator's interpretation. According to Scripture the legal sacrifice "covered" the offerer's sin and secured the divine forgiveness; according to the translators it made God and the sinner at- one. But the O.T. sacrifices did not at-one the sinner and God. "It is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins." Hebrews 10:4 . The Israelite's offering implied confession of sin and of its due desert, death; and God "covered" (passed over," Romans 3:25 his sin, in anticipation of Christ's sacrifice, which did, finally, "put away" the sins "done aforetime in the forbearance of God."; Romans 3:25 ; Hebrews 9:15 . (See Scofield " Romans 3:25 ") . The word "atonement" does not occur in the N.T.; Romans 5:11 meaning reconciliation, and so rendered in the R.V.
See "Sacrifice," Genesis 4:4 , and refs. (See Scofield " Genesis 4:4 ")
(See Scofield " Leviticus 16:5 ")

Chapter Summary: Numbers 5

1  The unclean are removed out of camp
5  Restitution is to be made in trespass
11  The trial of jealously

What do the individual words in Numbers 5:8 mean?

But if no the man has relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong for the wrong the restitution [must go] to Yahweh for the priest in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him
וְאִם־ אֵ֨ין לָאִ֜ישׁ גֹּאֵ֗ל לְהָשִׁ֤יב הָאָשָׁם֙ אֵלָ֔יו הָאָשָׁ֛ם הַמּוּשָׁ֥ב לַיהוָ֖ה לַכֹּהֵ֑ן מִלְּבַ֗ד אֵ֚יל הַכִּפֻּרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְכַפֶּר־ בּ֖וֹ עָלָֽיו

וְאִם־  But  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
אֵ֨ין  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
לָאִ֜ישׁ  the  man 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
גֹּאֵ֗ל  has  relative 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: גְּאוּלִים 
Sense: to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman.
לְהָשִׁ֤יב  to  whom  restitution  may  be  made  for 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
הָאָשָׁם֙  the  wrong 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָשָׁם  
Sense: guilt, offense, guiltiness.
הָאָשָׁ֛ם  the  wrong 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָשָׁם  
Sense: guilt, offense, guiltiness.
הַמּוּשָׁ֥ב  the  restitution  [must  go] 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hofal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לַיהוָ֖ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לַכֹּהֵ֑ן  for  the  priest 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
מִלְּבַ֗ד  in  addition  to 
Parse: Preposition-m, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּד 
Sense: alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone.
אֵ֚יל  the  ram 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
הַכִּפֻּרִ֔ים  of  the  atonement 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כִּפֻּרִים  
Sense: atonement.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  with  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יְכַפֶּר־  atonement  is  made 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּפַר 
Sense: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.

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