Leviticus 5:1

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Si peccaverit anima, et audierit vocem jurantis, testisque fuerit quod aut ipse vidit, aut conscius est: nisi indicaverit, portabit iniquitatem suam.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Post h�c ingressi sunt Moyses et Aaron, et dixerunt Pharaoni : H�c dicit Dominus Deus Isra�l : Dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi in deserto.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Si peccaverit anima et audiverit vocem iurantis testisque fuerit, quod aut ipse vidit aut comperit, si non indicaverit, iniquitatem portabit;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a soul: Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:17, Leviticus 4:2, Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:20

hear: Exodus 22:11, Judges 17:2, 1 Kings 8:31, 1 Kings 22:16, 2 Chronicles 18:15, Proverbs 29:24, Proverbs 30:9, Matthew 26:63

the voice of swearing: Kol alah, rather, "the voice of adjuration," צשםחם ןסךיףלןץ, as the LXX render; for this does not relate to the duty of informing against a common swearer, but to the case of a person who, being adjured by the civil magistrate to answer upon oath, refuses to declare what he knows upon the subject - such an one shall bear his iniquity - shall be considered as guilty in the sight of God of the transgression which he has endeavoured to conceal, and must expect to be punished for hiding the iniquity with which he was acquainted.

bear: Leviticus 5:17, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 17:16, Leviticus 19:8, Leviticus 20:17, Numbers 9:13, Psalms 38:4, Isaiah 53:11, 1 Peter 2:24

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:43 - bear not iniquity Leviticus 6:20 - the tenth Leviticus 7:37 - trespass Leviticus 14:19 - General Leviticus 19:21 - General Leviticus 24:15 - bear his sin Numbers 5:6 - When Numbers 15:31 - his iniquity Numbers 18:9 - every trespass Numbers 30:15 - he shall bear 2 Chronicles 6:22 - and an oath

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if a soul sin,.... The soul is put for the person, and is particularly mentioned, as Ben Melech says, because possessed of will and desire:

and hear the voice of swearing; or cursing, or adjuration; not of profane swearing, and taking the name of God in vain, but either of false swearing, or perjury, as when a man hears another swear to a thing which he knows is false; or else of adjuration, either the voice of a magistrate or of a neighbour adjuring another, calling upon him with an oath to bear testimony in such a case; this is what the Jews r call the oath of testimony or witness, and which they say s is binding in whatsoever language it is heard:

and is a witness; is able to bear witness to the thing he is adjured about:

whether he hath seen or known of it; what he has seen with his eyes, or knows by any means: of such a case, the Jews observe t, that there may be seeing without knowing, or knowing without seeing, and in either case a man ought to bear witness:

if he do not utter it; tell the truth, declare what he has seen or known:

then he shall bear his iniquity; he shall be charged with sin, and be obliged to acknowledge his offence, and bring a trespass offering for it: it is said u, that the witnesses are not guilty of the oath of the testimony, but in these ten cases; if they are required; if the testimony is concerning goods; if the goods are movable; if he that requires binds himself to pay for their testimony only, in case they bear witness; if they refuse after required; if they refuse in the sanhedrim; if the adjuration or oath is made there by the name of God, or his titles; if knowledge of the testimony goes before the oath; if he particularizes his witnesses in the time of the oath, or at the time of the requirement; and if the oath is in a language they understood.

r Misn. Sotah, c. 7. 1. s Maimon. & Bartenora in ib. T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 33. 1. t T. Bab. Shebuot, fol. 33. 2. & 34. 1. u Maimon. Hilchot, Shebuot, c. 9. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Special occasions are mentioned on which sin-offerings are to be made with a particular confession of the offence for which atonement is sought Leviticus 5:5.

Leviticus 5:1

Swearing - Adjuration. The case appears to be that of one who has been put upon his oath as a witness by a magistrate, and fails to utter all he has seen and heard (compare the marginal references. and Proverbs 29:24; Numbers 5:21).

Leviticus 5:2-3

Hid from him - Either through forgetfulness or indifference, so that purification had been neglected. In such a case there had been a guilty negligence, and a sin-offering was required. On the essential connection between impurity and the sin-offering, see Leviticus 12:1.

Leviticus 5:4

Pronouncing - Idly speaking Psalms 106:33. The reference is to an oath to do something uttered in recklessness or passion and forgotten as soon as uttered.

Leviticus 5:6

His trespass offering - Rather, as his forfeit, that is, whatever is due for his offence. The term “trespass-offering” is out of place here, since it has become the current designation for a distinct kind of sin-offering mentioned in the next section (see Leviticus 5:14 note).

A lamb or a kid of the goats - A sheep Leviticus 4:32 or a shaggy she-goat Leviticus 4:23.

Leviticus 5:7-10

See Leviticus 1:14-16; Leviticus 12:8. In the larger offerings of the ox and the sheep, the fat which was burned upon the altar represented, like the burnt-offering, the dedication of the worshipper; in this case, the same meaning was conveyed by one of the birds being treated as a distinct burnt-offering.

Leviticus 5:7

A lamb - One of the flock, either a sheep or a goat.

For his trespass, which he hath committed - As his forfeit for the sin he hath committed.

Leviticus 5:11

tenth part of an ephah i. e. - “the tenth deal;” probably less than half a gallon. See Leviticus 19:36 note. This sin-offering of meal was distinguished from the ordinary מנחה mı̂nchāh Leviticus 2:1 by the absence of oil and frankincense.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER V

Concerning witnesses who, being adjured, refuse to tell the

truth, 1.

Of those who contract defilement by touching unclean things

or persons, 2, 3.

Of those who bind themselves by vows or oaths, and do not

fulfil them, 4, 5.

The trespass-offering prescribed in such cases, a lamb or a

kid, 6;

a turtle-dove or two young pigeons, 7-10;

or an ephah of fine flour with oil and frankincense, 11-13.

Other laws relative to trespasses, through ignorance in holy

things, 14-16.

Of trespasses in things unknown, 17-19.

NOTES ON CHAP. V

Verse Leviticus 5:1. If a soul sin — It is generally supposed that the case referred to here is that of a person who, being demanded by the civil magistrate to answer upon oath, refuses to tell what he knows concerning the subject; such a one shall bear his iniquity - shall be considered as guilty in the sight of God, of the transgression which he has endeavoured to conceal, and must expect to be punished by him for hiding the iniquity to which he was privy, or suppressing the truth which, being discovered, would have led to the exculpation of the innocent, and the punishment of the guilty.