22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] {c} blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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Verse 8

22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have {d} put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.

(d) That is, whether he has stolen.

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Verse 11

22:11 {e} [Then] shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept [thereof], and he shall not make [it] good.

(e) They should swear by the name of the Lord.

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Verse 13

22:13 If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring {f} it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn.

(f) He shall show some part of the beast or bring in witnesses.

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Verse 15

22:15 [But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not make [it] good: if it [be] an hired [thing], it {g} came for his hire.

(g) He that hired it shall be free by paying the hire.

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Verse 24

22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your {h} wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

(h) The just plague of God on the oppressors.

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Verse 27

22:27 For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he {i} crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.

(i) For cold and necessity.

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Verse 29

22:29 Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the {k} first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

(k) Your abundance of your corn.

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Verse 31

22:31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it {l} to the dogs.

(l) And so have nothing to do with it.

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Bibliographical Information
Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Exodus 22". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gsb/exodus-22.html. 1599-1645.

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