Leviticus 6:2

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Anima quæ peccaverit, et contempto Domino, negaverit proximo suo depositum quod fidei ejus creditum fuerat, vel vi aliquid extorserit, aut calumniam fecerit,

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens : Ego Dominus

Nova Vulgata (1979)
[5:21] "Anima, quae peccaverit et, contempto Domino, negaverit proximo suo depositum, quod fidei eius creditum fuerat, vel vi aliquid extorserit aut calumniam fecerit,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

commit: Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:19, Numbers 5:6-8, Psalms 51:4

lie: Leviticus 19:11, Genesis 26:7, John 8:44, Acts 5:4, Ephesians 4:25, Colossians 3:9, Revelation 22:15

in that: Exodus 22:7-10

in fellowship: or, in dealing, Heb. in putting of the hand, Isaiah 21:2, Isaiah 24:16, Isaiah 33:1, Habakkuk 1:13

deceived: Proverbs 24:28, Proverbs 26:19, Isaiah 59:13-15, Jeremiah 9:5, Amos 8:5, Micah 6:10-12

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:6 - sinning Genesis 39:9 - sin Ezekiel 33:15 - give Matthew 5:23 - rememberest Matthew 18:15 - if

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 founder and supporter, and especially when he is sworn by, and appealed to as a witness, in a case not only injurious but false:

and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep; whether money or goods, or any living creature, sheep, cow, horse, c. and should deny that ever anything was delivered to him, and take his oath upon it which is a very grievous crime, and not to go unpunished, as was known by the light of nature, and declared by the Heathen oracle h; and yet there was to be a trespass offering to make atonement for such a sin: Jarchi thinks, by his neighbour is meant a third person between them; but if that third person was a witness of the goods being delivered, there would have been no occasion of an oath, as follows: the case supposed seems to be, when anything was delivered to the care and custody of another, without the knowledge of any but the person that delivered it, and he to whom it was delivered; who retaining it for his own use, embezzling the goods, and acting the unfaithful part, affirms to the owner he never had anything of him, and so lies to him, and to that lie adds an oath of perjury:

or in fellowship: in partnership; as, for instance, having received money belonging to them both, denies he ever received any, and so cheats his partner of what was his due, and being put to his oath, takes it: or, "in putting of the hand" i, as persons usually do when they enter into fellowship or partnership, they give each other their hand in token of it; or in putting anything into the hand, as money to trade with, and he denies he received any; or by way of purchase for anything bought, and the person of whom the purchase is made affirms the purchaser never put anything into his hand, or paid him anything, but insists upon being paid again; or in a way of lending, as Jarchi and Ben Gersom, because then money is put into the hand of him that receives it, and, in the case supposed, the borrower denies that ever any was put into his hand, or he borrowed any; and being called upon to swear, swears falsely:

or in a thing taken away by violence: without the will and knowledge of the owner; privately and secretly, but being suspected, is challenged with it, and denying it, is made to swear, which he does falsely:

or hath deceived his neighbour; cheated him in trade and commerce, defrauded him in business, extorted money from him; or by calumny and false accusation got anything out of his hands, see Luke 19:8 or by detaining the wages of the hireling; so Jarchi and Ben Gersom.

h "Spartano cuidam respondit", &c. Juvenal. Satyr. 13. prope finem. i בתשומת יד "in positione manus", Montanus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 6:2. Lie unto his neighbour, c. — This must refer to a case in which a person delivered his property to his neighbour 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 neighbour of detaining property which had never been confided to him, or, after having been confided, had been restored again; hence the law here is very cautious on these points: and because in many cases it was impossible to come at the whole truth without a direct revelation from God, which should in no common case be expected, the penalties are very moderate; for in such cases, even when guilt was discovered, the man might not be so criminal as appearances might intimate. See the law concerning this laid down and explained, See "Exodus 22:7", &c.