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SHALL PUT IN HIS BEAST, AND SHALL FEED - Rather, shall let his beast
go loose, and it shall feed....
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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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FIELD. OF. Between these two words the Samaritan Pentateuch and
Septuagint have "he shall surely make restitution out of his own field
according to the yield thereof; and if the whole field be eaten"....
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IF A MAN SHALL CAUSE A FIELD, &C.— This equitable law of restitution
extended to all cases. The law of the twelve tables was more severe
upon this head, as Calmet observes; for there it is enjoined, t...
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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 MAN SHALL CAUSE A FIELD OR VINEYARD TO BE EATEN, AND SHALL PUT
IN HIS BEAST, AND SHALL FEED IN ANOTHER MAN'S FIELD; OF THE BEST OF
HIS OWN FIELD, AND OF THE BEST OF HIS OWN VINEYARD, SHALL HE MA...
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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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OF THE BEST OF HIS OWN FIELD] This is a case of wilful damage. In the
next v. the damage is accidental, such as might result from the
burning of weeds or thorns, in which case an exact equivalent only...
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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 A MAN SHALL CAUSE A FIELD... TO BE EATEN. — On theft follows
trespass, another injury to property. Two kinds of trespass alone are
mentioned; but from these the principles to be followed in punishi...
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_[Exodus 22:4]_ כִּ֤י יַבְעֶר ־אִישׁ֙
שָׂדֶ֣ה אֹו...
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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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See the moral sense of this, exemplified in the case of David. 2
Samuel 12:1....
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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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5._If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten_. This kind of
fraud is justly ranked among thefts; viz., if any man shall have put
in his beast to feed in another’s field or vineyard. For if...
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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 A MAN SHALL CAUSE A FIELD OR VINEYARD TO BE EATEN,.... Which is not
his own, by putting cattle into it to feed upon it, as it is explained
in the next clause:
AND SHALL PUT IN HIS BEAST, AND SHALL...
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If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in
his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his
own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he mak...
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He that wilfully put his cattle into his neighbour's field, must make
restitution of the best of his own. The Jews hence observed it as a
general rule, that restitution must always be made of the best...
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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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REGARDING PROPERTY...
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If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in
his beast, if a person injures his neighbor's property by letting his
cattle run loose, AND SHALL FEED IN ANOTHER MAN'S FIELD, OF...
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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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A FIELD OR VINEYARD, or orchard, or other things of like nature; which
is generally to be observed in laws....
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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 22:5 man H376 field H7704 vineyard H3754 grazed H1197 (H8686)
loose H7971 (H8765) animal H1165 feeds...
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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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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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shall he make restitution Exodus 22:3 Exodus 22:12 Exodus 21:34 Job
20:18...
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He that wilfully put his cattle into his neighbour's field, must make
restitution of the best of his own. The Jews hence observed it as a
general rule, that restitution must always be made of the best...