Discovery BoxLeviticus 6:2-3 
Context6:2 “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 –
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.”
4 tn Heb “and swears on falsehood”; cf. CEV “deny something while under oath.”
5 tn Heb “on one from all which the man shall do to sin in them.”
