2 If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness 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 not have suffered his house to be dug through [into].
and the avenger of blood find him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer, there shall be no blood-guiltiness upon him;
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
They are driven forth from among [men] -- they cry after them as after a thief --
They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by 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,