Exodus 22:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:28 : 28 You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
  • Exod 21:6 : 6 Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.
  • Exod 22:9 : 9 In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God; 9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:
  • Deut 19:17-18 : 17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power; 18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,
  • 1 Chr 23:4 : 4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
  • Ps 82:1 : 1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 22:1-7
    7 verses
    87%

    1 If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.

    2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.

    3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.

    4 If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.

    5 If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.

    6 If there is a fire and the flames get to the thorns at the edge of the field, causing destruction of the cut grain or of the living grain, or of the field, he who made the fire will have to make up for the damage.

    7 If a man puts money or goods in the care of his neighbour to keep for him, and it is taken from the man's house, if they get the thief, he will have to make payment of twice the value.

  • Exod 22:9-15
    7 verses
    82%

    9 In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.

    10 If a man puts an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast into the keeping of his neighbour, and it comes to death or is damaged or is taken away, without any person seeing it:

    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.

    12 But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.

    13 But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.

    14 If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.

    15 If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.

  • Prov 6:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

    31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

  • Lev 6:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.

    3 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.

    4 Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.

  • Deut 22:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.

    2 If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.

    3 Do the same with his ass or his robe or anything which has gone from your brother's keeping and which you have come across: do not keep it to yourself.

  • 7 If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • 31 If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • 27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

  • 18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

  • 22 If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • 4 And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.

  • Deut 21:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 If, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you come across the dead body of a man in the open country, and you have no idea who has put him to death:

    2 Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;

  • 1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • 39 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

  • 13 A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;

  • 43 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

  • 19 And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;

  • 16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

  • 15 Do not take the property of another.

  • 5 For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

  • 13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.

  • 36 But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.

  • 26 If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:

  • 20 But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

  • 14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

    8 And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

  • 19 Do not take the property of another.

  • 7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • 19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.

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    11 But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you.

    12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;