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Verse Exodus 22:2. _IF A THIEF BE FOUND_] If a thief was found
breaking into a house in the night season, he might be killed; but not
if the sun had risen, for then he might be known and taken, and t...
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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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FOUND: i, e. caught in the act of....
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1 4. Theft of ox or sheep; and burglary....
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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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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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IF A THIEF BE FOUND BREAKING UP— That is, if he were found in the
very act of breaking into a house, then reason and self-defence
justified the destroying such a person, and accordingly the Divine law...
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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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BREAKING UP] RV 'breaking in.'...
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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 A THIEF BE FOUND BREAKING UP. — Rather, _breaking in: i.e.,_
making forcible entry into a dwelling-house. Most codes agree with the
Mosaic in allowing the inmates of the house to resist such an att...
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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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_[Exodus 22:1]_ אִם ־בַּ † מַּחְתֶּ֛רֶת
יִמָּצֵ֥א...
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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 a thief be found (b) breaking up, and be smitten that he die,
[there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.
(b) Breaking a house to enter in, or undermining....
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Blood. The reason is, because it could not easily be known whether the
thief had not a design upon the life of the people in the house; and
therefore, the law gave them authority to defend themselves....
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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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2._If a thief be found breaking up_. This clause is to be taken
separately, and is inserted by way of parenthesis; for, after having
decreed the punishment, God adds in connection, “he should make ful...
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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 THIEF BE FOUND BREAKING UP,.... An house, in order to steal
money, jewels, household goods, c. or breaking through any fence,
hedge, or wall of any enclosure, where oxen, or sheep, or any other
c...
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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.
Ver. 2. _If a thief be found._] So, if an adulteress be taken, - as
she was in John 8:4, - επαυτ...
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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 a thief be found breaking up, breaking through a wall, breaking
into a house, Matthew 6:20, AND BE SMITTEN THAT HE DIE, THERE SHALL NO
BLOOD BE SHED FOR HIM, his death cannot demand the vengeance w...
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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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Ver. 2: BREAKING UP, to wit, _an house_, which the Chaldee here adds,
and _by night_, as appears from the next verse. FOR HIM, i.e. for the
thief, though he be killed by a man in his own defence. Beca...
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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 22:2 thief H1590 found H4672 (H8735) in H4290 struck H5221
(H8717) dies H4191 (H8804) bloodshed...
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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
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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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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breaking Job 24:14 Job 30:5 Hosea 7:1 Joel 2:9 Matthew 6:19...
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If a thief broke a house in the night, and was killed in the doing it,
his blood was upon his own head. But if it were in the day — time
that the thief was killed, he that killed him was accountable f...