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Exodus 22:2 KJV
Exodus · chapter 22 · verse 2
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.Exodus 22:2 · King James Version
Exodus 22:2 in context
1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- smittennâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- thiefgannâba stealerH1590 →
- foundmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
- diemûwthto dieH4191 →
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Here are the laws, I. Concerning theft, which are these: - 1. If a man steal any cattle (in which the wealth of those times chiefly consisted), and they be found in his custody, he must restore double, Exo 22:4. Thus he must both satisfy for the wrong and suffer for the crime.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6