When a man or woman shall commit, &c.— Shall do any manner of wrong to any man, trespassing therein withal against the Lord, and the person is found guilty. Some think that the clause, and that person be guilty, should rather be rendered, shall be sensible of his guilt: and Calmet judiciously observes, that this law respects secret offences, and those who would expiate their fault before any public notification of it. Of the same kind is the law which follows. In cases of theft detected, the criminal is bound to restore four, and, in some cases, five times the value. Exodus 22:1-2. But Moses is here more indulgent to those who frankly confess their fault, in order to encourage restitution, and to recompence the offender's ingenuousness. See Calmet.
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Numbers 5:6
6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;