King James Version
Leviticus 6:3 in the King James Version says “Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, ...” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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:”
Leviticus 6:3 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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; in fellowship: or, in dealing fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand
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:
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. in the day: or, in the day of his being found guilty: Heb. in the day of his trespass
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“Or have found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“and lieth”
H3584to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
“concerning it and sweareth”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“of all these that a man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“sinning”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
“therein”
H2007themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)
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