New International Version
Leviticus 6:3
3or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit—
Leviticus 6:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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:
- English Standard Version (ESV)or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby—
- New King James Version (NKJV)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 (NLT)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.
Context of Leviticus 6:3
1The Lord said to Moses: 2“If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord by deceiving a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbor, or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit— 4when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, 5or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.
Read all of Leviticus 6Leviticus 6:3 word by word
אֽוֹ־מָצָ֧א אֲבֵדָ֛ה וְכִ֥חֶשׁ בָּ֖הּ וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ע עַל־שָׁ֑קֶר עַל־אַחַ֗ת מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה הָאָדָ֖ם לַחֲטֹ֥א בָהֵֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Or have foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- that which was lostאֲבֵדָה'ăbêdâh · something lostH9
- and liethכָּחַשׁkâchash · to deceiveH3584
- concerning it, and swearethשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
- falselyשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
- in anyאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- of all these that a manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- doethעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- sinningחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
- thereinהֵנָּהhênnâh · they(fem.)H2007
Cross-references for Leviticus 6:3
- Exodus 23:4“If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.
- Deuteronomy 22:1If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to its owner.
- Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
- Exodus 22:9In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other.
- Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
- Jeremiah 5:2Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ still they are swearing falsely.”
- Jeremiah 7:9“ ‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known,
- Zechariah 5:4The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.’ ”
- Malachi 3:5“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty.
Commentaries on Leviticus 6:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Have 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7The guilt offering (called ’asham in Hebrew, meaning “guilt”) dealt with cases of property loss or damage. This could be either holy property set apart for God (Leviticus 5:14–16) or ordinary property belong to a person (6:1–7). The offering required both replacement and repayment for the loss (5:16; 6:5). This offering could be called a “penalty offering” because the ram served as a penalty. It could also be called a “replacement offering” because a…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-72-7. If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord--This law, the record of which should have been joined with the previous chapter, was given concerning things stolen, fraudulently gotten, or wrongfully kept. The offender was enjoined to make restitution of the articles to the rightful owner, along with a fifth part out of his own possessions. But it was not enough thus to repair the injury done to a neighbor and to society; he was required to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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