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An Israelite secretly grips a neighbor's recognizable lost leather pouch behind his mantle while publicly raising his other hand in a false oath before that neighbor and two elders. The owner looks distressed and the elders attentive. Bronze Age camp setting; no written legal document, text, coins spilling everywhere, violence, or supernatural figure.
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Leviticus 5:20-22

A false oath over lost property

Confession, Restitution, and Guilt Offerings · Leviticus 5

Story guide: An Israelite secretly grips a neighbor's recognizable lost leather pouch behind his mantle while publicly raising his other hand in a false oath before that neighbor and two elders. The owner looks distressed and the elders attentive. Bronze Age camp setting; no written legal document, text, coins spilling everywhere, violence, or supernatural figure.

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20And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

21If a person sins and commits a breach of faith against Yahweh by deceiving his neighbor about a security entrusted to him, or a pledge, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor,

22or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely—about any one of all the things that a man may do to sin by them—

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