Leviticus 6:2-3

6:2 “When a person sins and commits a trespass ¹  against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen ²  in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen, ³  6:3 or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely ⁴  concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin ⁵  –

[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.

[6:2]  ² tn Or “neighbor” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NASB “companion”; TEV “a fellow-Israelite.”

[6:2]  ³ tn Heb “has extorted his neighbor”; ASV “oppressed”; NRSV “defrauded.”

[6:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and swears on falsehood”; cf. CEV “deny something while under oath.”

[6:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “on one from all which the man shall do to sin in them.”