Leviticus 6:2 (BSB)
“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
From Leviticus 6. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Leviticus 6:2
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 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.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Leviticus 6:2: 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...
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Leviticus 6:2: If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; (a) To give, and occupy for the use of him that gave it. (b) By any deceit, or unlawful means.
- Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on Leviticus 6:2: Lie unto his neighbor, etc. - This must refer to a case in which a person delivered his property to his neighbor 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.