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“‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
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Verse 14. He. A layman, who, through mistake, eat of any of the tithes, and so forth was obliged to give the capital, and a fifth part besides, with a sacrifice, mentioned Calmet. 5:15.—Sanctuary. Hebrew and Septuagint “He shall give to the priest the holy thing.” But if he ate it on purpose, he was to be slain. Numbers 15:30.
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