11 If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.
For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods.
And if anyone does wrong by saying nothing when he is put under oath as a witness of something he has seen or had knowledge of, then he will be responsible:
And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar.
Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well! Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?
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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,