2 If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
They are driven forth from the midst `of men'; They cry after them as after a thief;
They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.
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Commentary on Exodus 22 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 22
The laws of this chapter relate,
Exd 22:1-6
Here are the laws,
Exd 22:7-15
These laws are,
Exd 22:16-24
Here is,
Exd 22:25-31
Here is,