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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:2

This verse would be better translated as follows:— If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and falsely deny to his neighbour something that was delivered to him to keep, or something that he had received in pawn, or something that he had taken away by violence, or hath got something by oppression from his neighbour. Cf. the injunction in Le Leviticus 19:11 : "Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another." Exodus 22:7-13 contains earlier... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:3

Or have found that which was lost. Cf. Deuteronomy 22:2 , Deuteronomy 22:3 , "Thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise." And sweareth falsely. By previous legislation it had been appointed that, in case... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:3

Swearing falsely is in an especial manner a sin against God, because in an oath an appeal is directly made to God, and if the thing sworn to is false, God is called to witness to a thing as true which the swearer knows to be false. It is also in an especial manner a sin against society, as mutual truth-telling is the very bond of social trust. When the moral and religious tone of a nation stands high, "an oath for confirmation is the end of all strife" ( Hebrews 6:16 ), and on the other... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:3

Sin a germ as well as a fruit. It is contemplated by the Supreme Legislator, that if a man once cherish a dishonest thought, he will probably go beyond fraud to falsehood ("and lieth"), and, when necessary, from falsehood to perjury ("and sweareth falsely"). This is true to life. Sin is not only the consequence of the evil that came before it, but it is the cause of more sin which is to follow; it is not only the child but the parent of wrong. Learn that— I. NO MAN WHO SINS ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 6:2

Leviticus 6:2. If a soul sin This sin, though directly committed against man, is emphatically said to be done against the Lord, not only in general, for so every sin against man is also against the Lord, but in a special sense, because this was a violation of human society, whereof God is the author, and president, and defender; and because it was a secret sin, of which God alone was the witness and judge; and because God’s name was abused in it by perjury. In that which was delivered to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 6:3

Leviticus 6:3. Sweareth falsely His oath being required, seeing there was no other way of discovery left. And is guilty Makes his guilt manifest by his voluntary confession upon remorse; whereby he reapeth this benefit, that he only restores the principal with the addition of a fifth part; whereas, if he were convicted of his fault, he was to pay in some cases five-fold, in some four-fold, in others double. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:1-7

The guilt offering (5:14-6:7)Regulations concerning the guilt offering (GNB: repayment offering) were similar to those for the sin offering made by non-priestly individuals, except that no gradations were allowed (7:1-10; see notes on 4:22-35).Like the sin offering, the guilt offering was offered when people realized they had committed sin unknowingly. But the guilt offering differed from the sin offering in that it was offered in cases where the wrongdoing involved money or things of monetary... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 6:2

soul = person. Hebrew. nephesh ( App-13 ). trespass. Hebrew. ma'al. App-44 . All sin is viewed as "against Jehovah". Compare Psalms 51:4 . delivered him to keep = a deposit. Otherwise treasure was generally hidden in the ground. Isaiah 45:3 .Proverbs 2:4 .Job 3:21 . in fellowship = in pledge. Hebrew giving the hand, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Adjunct) for pledging. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 6:2

Leviticus 6:2. Commit a trespass against the Lord— Known and voluntary sins are considered in this chapter. Every sin which men commit, says Jameson from Calmet, is against God, the supreme Lawgiver and Judge; but especially such sins, as, being committed in secresy, or lying out of the reach of human jurisdiction, cannot be punished by men; or which are not very liable to be detected, unless by the conviction of men's consciences, and an awful regard to the majesty of God, who knows the secret... read more

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