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Exodus 22:2

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.

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 shall restore double.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
KJV
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
WEB
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
ASV
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
DARBY
If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.
BLB
If the thief is found in the breaking in, and he is struck and he dies, [there is] no bloodguilt for him.
ÅB
Dersom tyven blir grepet mens han bryter inn, og blir slått så han dør, da kommer det ingen blodskyld derav.
OTB
Hvis en tyv blir tatt mens han bryter seg inn og blir slått slik at han dør, er det ingen skyld for blodutgytelse på forsvarerens konto.
B1930
Dersom tyven blir grepet mens han bryter inn, og blir slått så han dør, da kommer det ingen blodskyld derav.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 24:43

    But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

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  • Matthew 6:19–20

    Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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  • Numbers 35:27

    And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

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  • Joel 2:9

    They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

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  • Job 24:14

    The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

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  • Hosea 7:1

    When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

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  • Job 30:5

    They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

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