Leviticus 6: 1-7, “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.”
Sometimes one person trusts another person to look after something on his behalf. This is quite legitimate, especially when a person wants to go away but has animals to care for. However, it is conceivable that a person might steal or sell the animal and then pretend that the animal was killed by wild animals or died for some other reason. Animals can even run away. In these circumstances it was important to have some way of telling is the person who was trusted was telling the truth or not. If the person was found to be lying then he was forced to make retribution but, as a penalty, he had to add a fifth, or twenty percent, to the value of the animal. As well as that the person who told the lie had to make an offering to the Lord to atone for his sin.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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