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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Leviticus 5:1

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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a soul: Lev 5:15, Lev 5:17, Lev 4:2; Eze 18:4, Eze 18:20 hear: Exo 22:11; Jdg 17:2; Kg1 8:31, Kg1 22:16; Ch2 18:15; Pro 29:24, Pro 30:9; Mat 26:63 the voice of swearing: Kol alah, rather, "the voice of adjuration," φωνην ορκισμου, as the LXX render; for this does not relate to the duty of informing against a common swearer, but to the case of a person who, being adjured by the civil magistrate to answer upon oath, refuses to declare what he knows upon the subject - such an one shall bear his iniquity - shall be considered as guilty in the sight of God of the transgression which he has endeavoured to conceal, and must expect to be punished for hiding the iniquity with which he was acquainted. bear: Lev 5:17, Lev 7:18, Lev 17:16, Lev 19:8, Lev 20:17; Num 9:13; Psa 38:4; Isa 53:11; Pe1 2:24 Leviticus 5:2
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