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Verse Exodus 22:6. _IF FIRE BREAK OUT_] Mr. Harmer observes that it
is a common custom in the east to set the dry herbage on fire before
the autumnal rains, which fires, for want of care, often do gr...
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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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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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Damage done by fire spreading accidentally to another man's field. In
this case compensation according to the damage done in sufficient, as
no blame, or malice, attaches to the person who kindled the...
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Compensation to be paid for damage done by cattle being allowed
negligently to stray (_v._5 if the text be sound); and by fire
spreading accidentally (_v._6) to another man's field....
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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 FIRE BREAK OUT, AND CATCH IN THORNS, SO THAT THE STACKS OF CORN,
OR THE STANDING CORN, OR THE FIELD, BE CONSUMED THEREWITH; HE THAT
KINDLED THE FIRE SHALL SURELY MAKE RESTITUTION._
If fire break...
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22:6 seize (c-7) Lit. 'find.'...
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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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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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IF FIRE BREAK OUT, AND CATCH IN THORNS. — In the East, as elsewhere
— _e.g.,_ Italy (Virg. _Georg.,_ i. 84) and England — it is
customary at certain seasons to burn the weeds and other refuse of a
far...
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_[Exodus 22:5]_ כִּֽי ־תֵצֵ֨א אֵ֜שׁ וּ
מָצְאָ֤ה...
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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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Deuteronomy 16:18...
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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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6._If fire break out and catch in thorns_. This injury is somewhat
different from the foregoing, for he who kindles the fire is commanded
to make good the damage done by him, although there may have b...
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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 FIRE BREAK OUT,.... Even though of itself, as Jarchi interprets it:
AND CATCH IN THORNS a thorn hedge or fence, with which cornfields
might be en closed:
SO THAT THE STACKS OF CORN, OR THE STANDI...
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He that designed only the burning of _thorns_ might become accessary
to the burning of corn, and should not be _held guiltless._ If the
fire _did mischief_, he that kindled it must answer for it, thou...
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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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If fire break out, said of any small fire which gets beyond the
control of him that started it, AND CATCH IN THORNS, in the thornhedge
at the edge of the field, which it was intended to destroy, SO TH...
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REGARDING PROPERTY...
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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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HE THAT KINDLED THE FIVE, whether wilfully for such a purpose, or
carelessly in such a time or place as was dangerous. HE SHALL SURELY
MAKE RESTITUTION; which if he were not able to do, it is probable...
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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 22:6 fire H784 out H3318 (H8799) catches H4672 (H8804) thorns
H6975 grain H1430 grain H7054 field...
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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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Exodus 22:6
In the twenty-second chapter of Exodus the rights of property are
defended, and the text before us may be considered as the law of fire
insurance under the Mosaic dispensation. The law was...
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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 fire break out._
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTIONS
In the twenty-second chapter of Exodus the rights of property are
defended, and the text before us may be considered as the law of fire
insurance under...
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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
LAW OF TRESPASS.—Next to theft, and not much behind it, is the
wanton damage of what belongs to another—as when a person injures
his neighbour's crops, either by turning beasts into his fie...
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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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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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if fire break out. Mr. Harmer observes, that it is a common Judges
15:4 Judges 15:5 2 Samuel 14:30 2 Samuel 14:31 he that kindled the
fire...
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He that designed only the burning of thorns might become accessary to
the burning of corn, and should not be held guiltless. If the fire did
mischief, he that kindled it must answer for it, though it...