SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:5
o todo aquello sobre que hubiere jurado falsamente; lo restituirá, pues, por entero, y añadirá a ello la quinta parte, para aquel a quien pertenece, y pagará el día de su expiación.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 6:5
Verse 5. All that about which he hath sworn falsely] This supposes the case of a man who, being convicted by his own conscience, comes forward and confesses his sin. Restore it in the principal] The property itself if still remaining, or the full value of it, to which a fifth part more was to be added.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely , etc.] In all and each of the above cases, in which he had committed a trespass and denied it, and to the denial adds a false oath, and yet after all acknowledges it: he shall even restore it in the principal ; whatsoever he has embezzled, or cheated another of, or detained from the right owner, the whole of that was to be restored: and shall add the fifth part more thereto ; to the principal, (see Leviticus 5:16) but Maimonides says, this was an instruction to add a fifth to a fifth; and Aben Ezra takes the word to be plural, and observes, that the least of many is two, and so two fifths were to be added to the principal, but the first sense seems best: [and] give it unto him to whom appertaineth ; as, to his neighbour, who had deposited anything in his hands; or his partner, he had any ways wronged; or whomsoever he had defrauded in any respect; or the proprietor of lost goods; Ben Gersom observes, it was not to be given to his son, nor to his messenger: in the case of taking anything away by violence, though but the value of a farthing, it is said, that he shall be obliged to bring it after him (from whom he has taken it) even unto Media (should he be there); he shall not give it to his son, nor to his messenger, but he may give it to the messenger of the sanhedrim; and if he dies, he must return it to his heirs f131 : in the day of his trespass [offering] ; when he brings that, but restoration must first be made: the Targum of Jonathan renders it, in the day he repents of his sin: and so Aben Ezra interprets it, ``in the day he returns from his trespass;” when he owns and confesses it, is sorry for it, and determines to do so no more. Maimonides observes f132 , that one that takes away anything by violence (which is one of the cases supposed) is not fined so much as a thief; he only restores the principal; for the fifth part is for his false oath; the reasons of which are, because robbery is not so frequently, and is more easily committed, and is more open, and against which persons may guard and make resistance, and the robber is more known than a thief who steals secretly; (see Exodus 22:1).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - Though all the instances relate to our neighbour, yet it is called trespass against the Lord. Though the person injured be mean, and eve despicable, yet the injury reflects upon that God who has made the command of loving our neighbour next to that of loving himself. Huma laws make a difference as to punishments; but all methods of doin wrong to others, are alike violations of the Divine law, even keepin what is found, when the owner can be discovered. Frauds are generall accompanied with lies, often with false oaths. If the offender woul escape the vengeance of God, he must make ample restitution, accordin to his power, and seek forgiveness by faith in that one Offering whic taketh away the sin of the world. The trespasses here mentioned, stil are trespasses against the law of Christ, which insists as much upo justice and truth, as the law of nature, or the law of Moses.
Original Hebrew
או 176 מכל 3605 אשׁר 834 ישׁבע 7650 עליו 5921 לשׁקר 8267 ושׁלם 7999 אתו 853 בראשׁו 7218 וחמשׁתיו 2549 יסף 3254 עליו 5921 לאשׁר 834 הוא 1931 לו יתננו 5414 ביום 3117 אשׁמתו׃ 819
