Exodus 22:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
22 1 Of theft. 5 Damage. 7 Lending. 14 Borrowing. 16 Enticing of maids. 18 Witchcraft. 20 Idolatry. 21 Support of strangers, widows, and fatherless. 25 Usury. 28 Reverence to Magistrates.
1 If a man steal an [a]ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox, (A)and four sheep for the sheep.
2 ¶ If a thief be found [b]breaking up, and be smitten that he die, no blood shall be shed for him.
3 But if it be [c]in the daylight, [d]blood shall be shed for him: for he should make full restitution: if he had not wherewith, then should he be sold for his theft.
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- Exodus 22:1 Either [a] great beast of the herd, or a small beast of the flock.
- Exodus 22:2 Breaking an house to enter in, or undermining.
- Exodus 22:3 Hebrew, when the sun riseth upon him.
- Exodus 22:3 He shall be put to death that killeth him.
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