Exodus 22:2

'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

In Context

1'When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

3if the sun hath risen upon him, blood [is] for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

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Cross References

Numbers 35:27and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him;

Job 24:16He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

Hosea 7:1'When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street,

Matthew 6:19'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

1 Thessalonians 5:2for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:2-7

Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 If 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. 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 3 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. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he… Read the whole commentary →

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