Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 5:1

1 AND if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing , and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity .

And, for that is, as that particle is oft used, as Gen. 13. 15. 1 Chron. [illegible: 1 word]. 12. compared with 2 Sam. 24. 13. For this declares in particular what the sin was.

Either 1. of adjuration upon oath, when the Judge adjures a witness to speak the whole truth; of which see Mat. 26. 63. But this seems too much to narrow the sence, and this and the other laws both before and after it speak of private sins committed through ignorance. Or 2. of false swearing before a Judge. But that is expressely forbidden Lev. 6. 3. Or rather 3. of cursing or blasphemy or execration, as the word commonly signifies, and that either 1. against ones neighbour, as 2 Sam. 16. 7. or 2. against God, as Levit. 24. 10, 11. which may seem to be principally intended here, because the crime here spoken of is of so high a nature, that he who heard it was obliged to reveal it and prosecute the guilty. And though God be not here mentioned, yet the general word is here to be understood of the most famous particular, as it is frequently in all authors, of which there are many instances.

Being present, when it it was said.

By sufficient information from others.

(i. e.) The punishment of it, as that word is oft used, as Gen. 19. 15. Numb. 18. 1. See of this phrase Levit. 17. 16. and 20. 20. Isa. 53. 11.

Marginal references: O[illegible: 1+ letters], adjuration.