“If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against the LORD, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. Despising: interpretatively; not formally, as Numbers 15. Estius.—The Lord, who knows the truth, and is an avenger of all injustice, even the most secret. Bible.—The law inflicts indeed a smaller punishment, as these offences are supposed to be secret, and the offender is thus invited to repent, and to repair the injury done. When the crime is public, the law is more severe. Calmet.—Hebrew “if a soul transgress and sin against the Lord.” Septuagint “If any one wilfully despise the commands,” and so forth Bible.—Trust. Hebrew and Septuagint “or a sum given for traffic for their common benefit.”—Oppression, by any means whatsoever, detaining the wages of the labourer, and so forth