trespasse] Be suspected to have done wrong, as Numbers 5:14. and an oath be laid upon him] Heb. and he require an oath of him. He means an oath of execration. be laid upon him] By a Judge, Exodus 22:8. and the oath] The man that taketh the oath. before thine altar] Which was a sign of Gods presence there. Thither was he brought, to work in him the more fear of Gods presence, Numbers 9:16. The swearers laying his hand on a Book, among us, is to work the greater fear.