Text -- Leviticus 6:2 (NET)

6:2 “When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lev 6:2

¹ tn Heb “trespasses a trespass” (verb and direct object from the same Hebrew root מַעַל, ma’al). See the note on 5:15.

² tn Or “neighbor” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NASB “companion”; TEV “a fellow-Israelite.”

³ tn Heb “has extorted his neighbor”; ASV “oppressed”; NRSV “defrauded.”