Imamat 19:11-12

Dealing Honestly

19:11 “‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen. ¹  19:12 You must not swear falsely ²  in my name, so that you do not profane ³  the name of your God. I am the Lord.

Yeremia 7:9

7:9 You steal. ⁴  You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to ⁵  other gods whom you have not previously known.

[19:11]  ¹ tn Heb “you shall not deal falsely a man with his fellow citizen.”

[19:12]  ² tn Heb “And you shall not swear to the falsehood.”

[19:12]  ³ tn Heb “and you shall not profane”; NAB “thus profaning.”

[7:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Will you steal…then say, ‘We are safe’?” Verses 9-10 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text.

[7:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “You go/follow after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom involved here.