Leviticus 6:3

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:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
found	מָצָ֧א ma.Tza'	H4672	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
lost	אֲבֵדָ֛ה 'a.ve.Dah	H9	concrete · noun, common feminine singular absolute
lieth	וְכִ֥חֶשׁ ve.Khi.chesh	H3584	to be untrue · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sweareth	וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ע ve.nish.Ba'	H7650	to seven oneself · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
falsely	שָׁ֑קֶר Sha.ker	H8267	an untruth · noun, common masculine singular absolute
any	אַחַ֗ת 'a.Chat	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
man	הָאָדָ֖ם ha.'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
doeth	יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה ya.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sinning	לַחֲטֹ֥א la.cha.To'	H2398	properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
therein	הֵנָּה hênnâh	H2007	themselves (often used emphatic for the copula

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Cross-references

Exodus 23:4 If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Leviticus 19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Exodus 22:9-11 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challenget…
Deuteronomy 22:1-4 Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy bro…
Proverbs 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Jeremiah 5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
Jeremiah 7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Zechariah 5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth fals…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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, Lev 6:3. 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 speaks evil of his brother is said to speak evil of the law, and consequently of the Law-maker, Jam 4:11. Though the person injured be ever so mean and despicable, and every way our inferior, yet the…

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Adam Clarke on 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…

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John Gill on 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 (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…

The Church Fathers

For if Christ took away from us that very heavy yoke of many observances, so that we are not circumcised according to the flesh, we do not immolate victims of the cattle, we do not rest even from necessary works on the Sabbath, retaining the seventh in the revolution of the days, and other things of this kind; but keep them as spiritually understood, and, the symbolizing shadows being removed, are watchful in the light of those things which are signified by them; shall we therefore say, that when it is written that whoever finds another man's property of any kind that has been lost, should return it to him who has lost it, it does not pertain to us? and many other like things whereby people learn to live piously and uprightly? and especially the Decalogue itself, which is contained in those two tables of stone, apart from the carnal observance of the Sabbath, which signifies spiritual sanctification and rest? For who can say that Christians ought not to be observant to serve the one God with religious obedience, not to worship an idol, not to take the name of the Lord in vain, to honour one's parents, not to commit adulteries, murders, thefts, false witness, not to covet another man's wife, or anything at all that belongs to another man? Who is so impious as to say that he does not keep those precepts of the law because he is a Christian, and is established not under the law, but under grace?
— Augustine of Hippo, AGAINST TWO LETTERS OF THE PELAGIANS 3.10

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Dictionary and topics

Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Damages And Compensation · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Dishonesty · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
False Teachers · FALSE WITNESS — FALSE WITNESS
Falsehood · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Oaths · The Jews: Forbidden to take false — The Jews: Forbidden to take false
Perjury · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Property · .Strayed, to be returned to owner — .Strayed, to be returned to owner
Restitution · To be ma — To be ma
Sacrifices · Different kinds of: Trespass offering for intentional sins — Different kinds of: Trespass offering for intentional sins
Swearing Falsely · Fraud often leads to — Fraud often leads to
Theft And Thieves · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Leviticus 6:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 6:1-7

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 6:3

John Gill on Leviticus 6:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 6:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 6:1-7

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 6:3

John Gill on Leviticus 6:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 6:1-7

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 6:1-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 6:2

Rashi on Leviticus 6:3