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If a thief, in breaking into a dwelling in the night, was slain, the
person who slew him did not incur the guilt of blood; but if the same
occurred in daylight, the slayer was guilty in accordance wit...
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CHAPTER 22 FURTHER JUDGMENTS
_ 1. Concerning theft (Exodus 22:1)_
2. Concerning neglect in case of fire (Exodus 22:6)
3. Concerning dishonesty (Exodus 22:7)
4. Concerning immoralities and forbidde...
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EXODUS 22:1 E. THEFT AND DAMAGE. Fourfold restitution was due (Exodus
22:1), as in Roman law and Bedawin custom, for theft of a sheep
(though fivefold for the doubly useful ox), reduced to twofold (Ex...
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IF THE SUN, &c. Therefore killed after he had got away, and in cold
blood....
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2 3A. A thief caught breaking in by night may be killed without any
guilt being incurred by his death, but not if the act take place by
day. In the dark the householder would probably not be able to
r...
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Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33
_The Book of the Covenant_
The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the
name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The
laws co...
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1 4. Theft of ox or sheep; and burglary....
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HE SHALL BE SOLD FOR HIS THEFT— The laws of the twelve tables
ordained, that a thief should be delivered to him whom he robbed, to
be his slave....
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) If the
thief be found breaking in,...
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_IF A THIEF BE FOUND BREAKING UP, AND BE SMITTEN THAT HE DIE, THERE
SHALL NO BLOOD BE SHED FOR HIM._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED)
1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox
is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and
of proportionately hig...
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IF THE SUN BE RISEN UPON HIM] i.e. if the housebreaking be committed
in daylight. The nocturnal burglar is more dangerous and cannot be so
easily detected. In a case of daylight robbery it is less nec...
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 22
LAWS ABOUT PROPERTY – VERSES 1-15
V1 The *LORD continued to spe...
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XXII.
(1-4) Theft is here treated of with great brevity, only three kinds
being distinguished — (1) Housebreaking; (2) stealing without
conversion of the property; (3) stealing with conversion. The ma...
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IF THE SUN BE RISEN UPON HIM. — In the daytime no violence is to be
feared. The housebreaker seeks to avoid observation, and decamps if
discovered. Moreover, assistance is readily obtainable, and thus...
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_[Exodus 22:2]_ אִם ־זָרְחָ֥ה הַ שֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ
עָלָ֖יו...
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PART III.--RIGHTS OF PROPERTY.
Exodus 21:33 - Exodus 22:15.
The vital and quickening principle in this section is the stress it
lays upon man's responsibility for negligence, and the indirect
conseq...
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The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo
21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying
emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that...
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If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] (c) blood [shed] for
him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then
he shall be sold for his theft.
(c) He shall be put to death t...
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Observe the difference between robbery in the day, and in the night....
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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3._He should make full restitution_. These words, as I have said, are
connected with the first verse, since here the execution of the
punishment is only enjoined; as if God forbade thieves to be spare...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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IF THE SUN BE RISEN UPON HIM,.... Either upon the thief, or upon the
master of the house, or the person that finds the thief and smites him
that he dies; it matters not which it is interpreted, it is...
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If 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.
Ver. 3. _If the sun be risen._] Ch...
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_For he should make full restitution_ This the law determined: not
that he should die. _In his hand alive_ Not killed, nor sold, as
Exodus 22:1, so that the owner recover it with less charge and
troub...
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1 Of theft.
5 Of dammage.
7 Of trespasses. 14.Of borrowing.
16 Of fornication.
18 Of witchcraft.
19 Of bestialitie.
20 Of idolatrie.
21 Of strangers, widowes, and fatherlesse.
25 Of vsurie.
2...
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C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH
Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33
_a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_
1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
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LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY
(vs.1-15)
While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also
responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on
his own property, and leave...
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THERE SHALL BE BLOOD SHED FOR HIM; he that kills him shall be put to
death, because he punished him more than his crime deserved, and might
have been otherwise either secured or righted; and in that c...
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The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to
impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and
infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character
of...
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Exodus 22:3 sun H8121 risen H2224 (H8804) bloodshed H1818 full H7999
(H8763) restitution H7999 (H8762) sold...
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EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS
23:33).
In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in
chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING FARMING THEFT AND DAMAGE (EXODUS 22:1).
Here we have five main paragraphs which begin with ‘if (ci) a man'
or ‘if (ci) a fire' (English text (verses) Exodus 22:1; Exodus 22:5;...
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CONTENTS: Judgments on rights of property; crimes against humanity.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: Man's attitude to his fellow man will be based on his
attitude to God and His law.
KEY WORD:...
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Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there
shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his
own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...
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_If a man steal._
THE LAW OF ROBBERY
God made provision not only for the acquisition of property, but for
its security. Hence this law, which respects--
1. Theft.
2. Housebreaking.
I. Theft (Exodu...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 22:2 There is no penalty for killing an
intruder who breaks in during the night, but IF THE SUN HAS RISEN ON
HIM, the person who kills him is held responsible. The law protects
b...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 22:2. No blood be shed for him.] This is a free translation,
which, however, fairly gives the purport of the original words. The
Hebrew phrase reads literally: “There is of for...
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EXPOSITION
II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the
consideration of injuries to the person, the legislator proceeds to
treat of injuries to property, and, as he has been sp...
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EXPOSITION
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT, _continued_.
_Laws connected with rights of property, continued_ (Exodus 22:1). The
fret section—Exodus 22:1—is upon theft. The general principle laid
down is, th...
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If a man shall steal an ox, and kill it, [The rustlers] and sell it;
he shall restore five oxen for an ox, four sheep for a sheep (Exodus
22:1).
You see in those days they were interested in taking ca...
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then he shall Exodus 21:2 Judges 2:14 Judges 10:7 Isaiah 50:1...
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For he should make full restitution — This the law determined: not
that he should die....