And if a man eat of a holy thing unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of it unto it, and
shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
He. A layman, who, through mistake, ate of any of the tithes, was obliged to give the capital, and a fifth part besides, with a sacrifice, mentioned chap. v. 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 xv. 30.
At the end, it is stated, “If a man eats of the sanctified things through ignorance, iniquity and wickedness are laid at his feet, and he shall be bound by a vow.” Thus also the apostle teaches us that we are to eat the Eucharist of the Lord with caution, lest we eat to our condemnation and judgment. If ignorance is condemned under the law, how much more will full knowledge be condemned according to the gospel? Against the Pelagians
