^{6:1 (5:20)}¹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses:²^6:2“When a person sins and commits a trespass³ against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen⁴ in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,⁵^6:3or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely⁶ concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin⁷—

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1 Beginning with 6:1, the verse numbers through 6:30 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (), with 6:1 = 5:20 , 6:2 = 5:21 , 6:8 = 6:1 , etc., through 6:30 = 6:23 . Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the English text and Hebrew text are again the same.
2 This paragraph is Lev 6:1–7 in the English Bible but Lev 5:20–26 in the Hebrew text. The quotation introduced by v. 1 extends from Lev 6:2 (5:21 ) through 6:7 (5:26 ), encompassing the third main section of guilt offering regulations. Compare the notes on ; ; and above.
3 Heb “trespasses a trespass” (verb and direct object from the same Hebrew root מַעַל, ma’al). See the note on .
4 Or “neighbor” (, , , , ); “companion”; “a fellow-Israelite.”
5 Heb “has extorted his neighbor”; “oppressed”; “defrauded.”
6 Heb “and swears on falsehood”; cf. “deny something while under oath.”
7 Heb “on one from all which the man shall do to sin in them.”