Leviticus 6:2-5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 6:1-7

This is the latter part of the law of the trespass-offering: the former part, which concerned trespasses about holy things, we had in the close of the foregoing chapter; this concerns trespasses in common things. Observe here, I. The trespass supposed, Lev. 6:2, 3. Though all the instances relate to our neighbour, yet it is called a trespass against the Lord, because, though the injury be done immediately to our neighbour, yet an affront is thereby given to his Maker and our Master. He that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:2

If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord ,.... All sin is against the Lord, contrary to his nature and will, and a transgression of his law; but some sins are more apparently so than others, and against which he expresses greater indignation and abhorrence, being attended also with very aggravating circumstances, as these that follow; which are such as are not only contrary to the will of God, but to the good of society, and tend to the subversion of it, of which he is the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:3

Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it ,.... Who having found anything lost, at once concludes it his own, and converts it to his own use, never inquiring after the proprietor of it, or taking any method to get knowledge of him, and restore it to him; but so far from that, being suspected of finding it, and charged with it denies it: Maimonides F11 Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 40. gives a reason why a lost thing should be restored, not only because so to do is a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:4

Then it shall be, because he hath sinned and is guilty ,.... Owns his guilt through remorse of conscience, and makes a confession of it; or otherwise, upon conviction, without such confession he was to pay double, see Exodus 22:7 whereas, in this case it is only ordered: that he shall restore that which he took violently away : whether money, goods, or cattle: or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten ; by outwitting him, by extortion, by false accusation, or detention of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:5

Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely ,.... In all and each of the above cases, in which he had committed a trespass and denied it, and to the denial adds a false oath, and yet after all acknowledges it: he shall even restore it in the principal ; whatsoever he has embezzled, or cheated another of, or detained from the right owner, the whole of that was to be restored: and shall add the fifth part more thereto ; to the principal, see Leviticus 5:16 but Maimonides F12 In... read more

Adam Clarke

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 6:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:5

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 6:1-7

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