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Geneva Bible

Leviticus 6:3

Or hath found that which was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely, for any of these things that a man doeth, wherein he sinneth:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Damages and Compensation;   Dishonesty;   Falsehood;   False Teachers;   Neighbor;   Oath;   Offerings;   Perjury;   Property;   Restitution;   Theft and Thieves;   Trustee;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courts;   Perjury;   The Topic Concordance - Theft;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Oaths;   Sacrifices;   Swearing Falsely;   Trespass Offering;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Restitution;   Trespass;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Denial;   Forgiveness;   Israel;   Offerings and Sacrifices;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Deposit;   Robbery;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Confession;   Forgiveness;   Leviticus;   Oaths;   Priests and Levites;   Propitiation;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crime;   Oath;   Salvation;   Trust, Breach of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ashes;   Baba Ḳamma;   Bahya ben Joseph Ibn Paḳuda;   Bailments;   Bar Shalmon;   Embezzlement;   Go'el;   Robbery;   Targum;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
King James Version
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
Lexham English Bible
or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely in regard to any one of these things by which a person might commit sin,
New Century Version
He might find something that had been lost and then lie about it. He might make a promise before the Lord about something and not mean it, or he might do some other sin.
New English Translation
or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin—
Amplified Bible
or has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do—
New American Standard Bible
or has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins regarding any of the things that people do;
Legacy Standard Bible
or has found what was lost and dealt falsely about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do;
Complete Jewish Bible
When the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, the cohen, having put on his linen garment and covered himself with his linen shorts, is to remove the ashes and put them beside the altar.
Darby Translation
or have found what was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely in anything of all that man doeth, sinning therein;
Easy-to-Read Version
when you find something that was lost and lie about having it; when you fail to keep a promise; or when you do any other bad things like these.
English Standard Version
or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby—
George Lamsa Translation
Or has found that which was lost, and lies about it, and swears falsely; in any of these things that a man does, sinning therein;
Good News Translation
or by lying about something that has been lost and swearing that you did not find it.
Christian Standard Bible®
or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do—
Literal Translation
or has found a lost thing and has lied about it, and has sworn to a falsehood in regard to any one of all these which a man does, sinning in them,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
or founde that was lost, and denyeth it with a false ooth, what so euer it be, wherin a man synneth agaynst his neghboure. Now whan it commeth so to passe,
American Standard Version
or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these things that a man doeth, sinning therein;
Bible in Basic English
Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Or if he haue founde that which was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely vpon whatsoeuer thing it be that a man doth, and sinneth therein:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
King James Version (1611)
Or haue found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsly: in any of all these that a man doth, sinning therein:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
or has found that which was lost, and shall have lied concerning it, and shall have sworn unjustly concerning any one of all the things, whatsoever a man may do, so as to sin hereby;
English Revised Version
or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely thereto, and swear to a lie; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
Berean Standard Bible
or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit-
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
ether fyndith a thing lost, and denyeth ferthermore and forswerith, and doth ony other thing of manye in whiche thingis men ben wont to do synne,
Young's Literal Translation
or hath found a lost thing, and hath lied concerning it, and hath sworn to a falsehood, concerning one of all [these] which man doth, sinning in them:
Update Bible Version
or has found that which was lost, and deals falsely therein, and swears to a lie; in any of all these things that man does, sinning therein;
Webster's Bible Translation
Or hath found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
World English Bible
or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
New King James Version
or if he has found what was lost and lies concerning it, and swears falsely--in any one of these things that a man may do in which he sins:
New Living Translation
or you find lost property and lie about it, or you lie while swearing to tell the truth, or you commit any other such sin.
New Life Bible
or by finding what was lost and lying about it before God, if a man does any of the things that men sin by doing,
New Revised Standard
or have found something lost and lied about it—if you swear falsely regarding any of the various things that one may do and sin thereby—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
or shall find something lost and shall withhold some-thing of the truth therein, and shall swear to a falsehood, - as regardeth a single thing of all that a son of earth may do, to commit sin thereby;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Or shall find a thing lost, and denying it, shall also swear falsely, or shall do any other of the many things, wherein men are wont to sin:
Revised Standard Version
or has found what was lost and lied about it, swearing falsely--in any of all the things which men do and sin therein,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
or has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do;

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 If any sinne and commit a trespasse against the Lorde, and denie vnto his neighbour that, which was take him to keepe, or that which was put to him of trust, or doth by robberie, or by violence oppresse his neighbour, 3 Or hath found that which was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely, for any of these things that a man doeth, wherein he sinneth: 4 When, I say, he thus sinneth & trespasseth, he shall then restore the robbery that he robbed, or the thing taken by violence which hee tooke by force, or the thing which was deliuered him to keepe, or the lost thing which he founde, 5 Or for whatsoeuer he hath sworne falsely, he shall both restore it in the whole summe, and shall adde the fift parte more thereto, and giue it vnto him to whome perteyneth, the same day that he offreth for trespasse. 6 Also he shall bring for his trespasse vnto the Lorde, a ramme without blemish out of the flocke in thy estimation worth two shekels for a trespasse offring vnto the Priest. 7 And the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lorde, and it shall be forgiuen him, whatsoeuer thing he hath done, and trespassed therein.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

have found: Exodus 23:4, Deuteronomy 22:1-3

sweareth: Leviticus 19:12, Exodus 22:9-11, Proverbs 30:9, Jeremiah 5:2, Jeremiah 7:9, Zechariah 5:4, Malachi 3:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:11 - an oath of the Lord Numbers 5:6 - When

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
So when men beganne to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,
Genesis 6:13
And God said vnto Noah, An ende of all flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through them: and beholde, I wil destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make thee an Arke of pine trees: thou shalt make cabines in the Arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Genesis 6:15
And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the Arke shalbe three hundreth cubites, the breadth of it fiftie cubites, and the height of it thirtie cubites.
Genesis 6:16
A windowe shalt thou make in the Arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue, and the doore of the Arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: thou shalt make it with the lowe, seconde and third roume.
Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my couenant, and thou shalt goe into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
Genesis 6:20
Of the foules, after their kinde, and of the cattell after their kind, of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, that thou mayest keepe them aliue.
Numbers 11:17
And I will come downe, and talke with thee there, and take of the Spirite, which is vpon thee, and put vpon them, and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee: so thou shalt not beare it alone.
Nehemiah 9:30
Yet thou diddest forbeare them many yeeres, and protestedst among them by thy Spirite, euen by the hande of thy Prophets, but they woulde not heare: therefore gauest thou them into the hande of the people of the lands.
Psalms 78:39
For he remebred that they were flesh: yea, a winde that passeth and commeth not againe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 k gives a reason why a lost thing should be restored, not only because so to do is a virtue in itself praiseworthy, but because it has a reciprocal utility; for if you do not restore another's lost things, neither will your own be restored to you:

and sweareth falsely; which is to be understood, not of the last case only, but of all the rest, or of anyone of them, as it follows:

in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein; by unfaithfulness in a trust, cheating, defrauding, lying, and false swearing.

k Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 40.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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, cujus sit, ignoret. - DIGESTOR, lib. xlvii., TIT. ii., de furtis, Leg. xliii., sec. 4. On this subject every honest man must say, that the man who finds any lost property, and does not make all due inquiry to find out the owner, should, in sound policy, be treated as a thief. It is said of the Dyrbaeans, a people who inhabited the tract between Bactria and India, that if they met with any lost property, even on the public road, they never even touched it. This was actually the case in this kingdom in the time of Alfred the Great, about A. D. 888; so that golden bracelets hung up on the public roads were untouched by the finger of rapine. One of Solon's laws was, Take not up what you laid not down. How easy to act by this principle in case of finding lost property: "This is not mine, and it would be criminal to convert it to my use unless the owner be dead and his family extinct." When all due inquiry is made, if no owner can be found, the lost property may be legally considered to be the property of the finder.


 
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