Leviticus 6:1-8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 6:2

Lie unto his neighbor, etc. - This must refer to a case in which a person delivered his property to his neighbor to be preserved for him, and took no witness to attest the delivery of the goods; such a person therefore might deny that he had ever received such goods, for he who had deposited them with him could bring no proof of the delivery. On the other hand, a man might accuse his neighbor of detaining property which had never been confided to him, or, after having been confided, had been... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 6:3

Have found that which was lost - The Roman lawyers laid it down as a sound maxim of jurisprudence, "that he who found any property and applied it to his own use, should be considered as a thief whether he knew the owner or not; for in their view the crime was not lessened, supposing the finder was totally ignorant of the right owner." Qui alienum quid jacens lucri faciendi causa sustulit, furti obstringitur, sive scit, cujus sit, sive ignoravit; nihil enim ad furtum minuendum, facit, quod,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 6:5

All that about which he hath sworn falsely - This supposes the case of a man who, being convicted by his own conscience, comes forward and confesses his sin. Restore it in the principal - The property itself if still remaining, or the full value of it, to which a fifth part more was to be added. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 6:6

With thy estimation - See Clarke's note on Leviticus 5:15 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 6:8

And the Lord spake unto Moses - At this verse the Jews begin the 25th section of the law; and here, undoubtedly, the 6th chapter should commence, as the writer enters upon a new subject, and the preceding verses belong to the fifth chapter. The best edited Hebrew Bibles begin the 6th chapter at this verse. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 6:1

Verse 1 1.And the Lord spake unto Moses. Moses now no longer treats of the means of expiating errors when the sinner is guilty through thoughtlessness; but he prescribes the mode of reconciliation, when any one shall have wilfully and designedly offended God. And this is well worthy of notice, lest those who may have been guilty of voluntary sin should doubt whether God will be propitiated towards them, provided they make application to the one sacrifice of Christ, in which consists the entire... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 6:7

Verse 7 1.Likewise this is the law. I have just confessed that I do not sufficiently understand how these two words, חטאה, chateah, and אשם , asham, differ from each other; and I have therefore followed the sense which is commonly received, and called them the sin and the trespass-offering, (hostiam pro peccato vel pro delicto.) Although in this second kind of offering he commands the same ceremony to be observed as in the former one, yet he mentions some things which he had before omitted,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:1

And the Lord spake. The six following verses contain a separate communication from the Lord to Moses, but in continuance of the subject which began at Le Leviticus 5:14 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:1-7

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:1-7

Restitution. This paragraph ought to have been included in the preceding chapter, as it is the conclusion of the subject there considered. The last paragraphs treated of sacrilege, or trespass in the holy things of God; this has reference to trespass between man and man. We have here— I. AN ENUMERATION OF WRONGS . These may be distributed into two classes, viz.: 1 . In matters of fraud. These may be 2. In matters of violence. Such as II. AGGRAVATIONS OF THE... read more

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