Lìwèijì 5:4

4 Huò shì yǒu rén zuǐlǐ mào shī fā shì , yào xíng è , yào xíng shàn , wúlùn rén zaì shénme shì shàng mào shī fā shì , tā què bù zhīdào , yī zhīdào le jiù yào zaì zhè qízhōng de yī jiàn shàng yǒu le zuì .

Lìwèijì 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 5:4

Or if a soul swear
A rash or vain oath:

pronouncing with his lips;
not in his heart, as Jarchi notes; not saying within himself that he would do this, or that, or the other thing, but expressing his oath plainly and distinctly, with an audible voice:

to do good, or to do evil;
which was either impossible or unlawful for him to do; whether the good or evil he swears to do is to himself or to another; whether he swears to do good to himself, and evil to another, or, good to another, and evil to himself, see ( Psalms 15:4 Psalms 15:5 ) . The Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it,

``whatsoever a man expresses, whether of anything present or future;''

as if he swears he has done such and such a thing, whether good or evil; or that he will do it, be it what it will, and it is not in the power of his hands to do it, or, if he did it, it would be doing a wrong thing:

whatsoever [it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it
be hid from him;
he has forgot that he ever swore such an oath:

and when he knoweth [of it], then he shall be guilty in one of
these;
when he is told of it, and it is made clearly to appear to him, that he did at such a time, and in such a place, deliver out a rash oath concerning this, or the other thing, then he shall be chargeable with guilt in one of these; either in rashly swearing to do good when it was not in his power, or to do evil, which would have been unlawful. The Targum of Jonathan is,

``if he knows that he has falsified, and repents not, he is guilty.''

Lìwèijì 5:4 In-Context

2 Huò shì yǒu rén mó le bú jié de wù , wúlùn shì bú jié de sǐ shòu , shì bú jié de sǐ xù , shì bú jié de sǐ chóng , tā què bù zhīdào , yīncǐ chéng le bú jié , jiù yǒu le zuì .

3 Huò shì tā mó le biérén de wūhuì , wúlùn shì rǎn le shénme wūhuì , tā què bù zhīdào , yī zhīdào le jiù yǒu le zuì .

4 Huò shì yǒu rén zuǐlǐ mào shī fā shì , yào xíng è , yào xíng shàn , wúlùn rén zaì shénme shì shàng mào shī fā shì , tā què bù zhīdào , yī zhīdào le jiù yào zaì zhè qízhōng de yī jiàn shàng yǒu le zuì .

5 Tā yǒu le zuì de shíhou , jiù yào chéngrèn suǒ fàn de zuì ,

6 Bìng yào yīn suǒ fàn de zuì , bǎ tāde shú qiā jì shēng jiù shì yáng qún zhōng de mǔ yáng , huò shì yī zhǐ yánggāo , huò shì yī zhǐ shānyáng qiā dào Yēhéhuá miànqián wéi shú zuì jì . zhìyú tāde zuì , jìsī yào wèi tā shú le .