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.
He shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing. The trespass offering was conscience-money paid directly to God, who had been defrauded; but there was an additional payment of a fifth made to the sanctuary or the priest. A fifth was the proportion required to be added in the redemption of 'holy things' (Leviticus 27:13; Leviticus 27:15; Leviticus 27:19).