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Exodus 22:2

WEB

2If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

KJV

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

BSB

2If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.

FBV

2If a thief is discovered breaking into someone's house and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of murder.

Related Resources

Book of Exodus Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Matthew 24:43

43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.


Matthew 6:19-20

19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;


Numbers 35:27

27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the man slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood,


1 Thessalonians 5:2

2For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.


Joel 2:9

9They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.


Hosea 7:1

1When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.


Job 30:5

5They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,


Job 24:14

14The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.