Exodus 22:8

⁶ 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.

⁷ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.

⁹ For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

¹⁰ If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

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.

Compare

BSB: If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.
KJV: If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.
WEB: If the thief isn’t found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out whether or not he has put his hand on his neighbor’s goods.
ASV: If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, [to see] whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor`s goods.
DARBY: if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the judges, [to see] if he has not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
BLB: If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges [to see] if he has not stretched out his hand against the property of his neighbor.

ÅB: Men finnes ikke tyven, da skal husets eier føres fram for Gud[^1], for at det kan avgjøres om han ikke har forgrepet seg på sin nestes eiendom.
OTB: Hvis tyven ikke blir funnet, må eieren av huset møte for dommerne for å avgjøre om de har lagt hånd på sin nabos eiendom.
B1930: Men finnes ikke tyven, da skal husets eier føres frem for Gud, forat det kan avgjøres om han ikke har forgrepet sig på sin næstes eiendom. / < se 2MO 21, 6.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 22:28
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
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Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
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Exodus 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
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1 Chronicles 23:4
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
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Deuteronomy 17:8–9
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
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Exodus 22:9
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
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Deuteronomy 19:17–18
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
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Psalms 82:1
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
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