Leviticus 19:11

Dealing Honestly

19:11 “‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen. ¹ 

Leviticus 24:19

24:19 If a man inflicts an injury on ²  his fellow citizen, ³  just as he has done it must be done to him –

Leviticus 6:2

6:2 “When a person sins and commits a trespass ⁴  against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen ⁵  in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen, ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “you shall not deal falsely a man with his fellow citizen.”

² tn Heb “gives a flaw in”; KJV, ASV “cause a blemish in.”

³ tn Or “neighbor” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); TEV, NLT “another person.”

³ tn Heb “trespasses a trespass” (verb and direct object from the same Hebrew root מַעַל, ma’al). See the note on 5:15.

⁴ tn Or “neighbor” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NASB “companion”; TEV “a fellow-Israelite.”

⁵ tn Heb “has extorted his neighbor”; ASV “oppressed”; NRSV “defrauded.”