Numbers 5:1-10
Ceremonially Unclean Persons Isolated (Leviticus 15:1–33)
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse. 3 You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.” 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the LORD spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did.
Confession and Restitution (Leviticus 6:1–7)
5 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Speak to the children of Israel: When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the LORD, and that person is guilty, 7 then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged. 8 But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the LORD for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him. 9 Every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man’s holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest shall be his.’”
Here how to deal with uncleanliness of body and soul are addressed. Those sick with contagious diseases like leprosy or other skin discharges were quarantined away from the congregation to not defile others. Those caught and proven guilty of sins of the soul and body were expected to confess the sin and make restitution for the offense to the victim while simultaneously making an offering to the LORD to find absolution from the Almighty as well as the victim. It even covered the eventuality of no relation to make restitution with, giving the right for wrong to the priests for the LORD instead for atonement. Every holy offering given to the priests was to be theirs as well. In the end, confession and atonement for sin was akin to maintaining the cleanliness of body and soul with appropriate confession with sacrifices and restitution made for each. Do we do the same with others as Jesus told us in Matthew 5:23-24 to reconcile before offering anything to the Lord.
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