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Exodus 22 |
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| 22:1
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall
restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. |
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| 22:2
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall
no blood be shed for him. |
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| 22:3
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he
should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for
his theft. |
Selling a thief to pay for his theft
If a thief is caught and is too poor to make a
complete restitution, then he is to be sold to pay for his theft.
Does God approve of slavery?
What the Bible says about slavery and
crime and punishment
Dwindling in Unbelief
-How to punish a
thief: The Bible vs. the Quran
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| 22:4
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or
ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
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| 22:5
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his
beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field,
and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
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| 22:6
If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the
standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire
shall surely make restitution. |
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| 22:7
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it
be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. |
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If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought
unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's
goods. |
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For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for
raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be
his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the
judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. |
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| 22:10
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any
beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: |
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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. |
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And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner
thereof. |
 (22:16-17)
If you have sex with her, you must marry her.
If you "entice" an "unmarried
maid" to "lie" with you, then you must marry her, unless the
father refuses to give her to you, in which case you must pay him the going
price for virgins.
(22:18)
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Is magic OK?
Does God approve of capital punishment?
What the Bible says about witches and
crime and punishment
Giving up on the Bible
The Christopher Hitchens / Douglas Wilson debate
(22:19)
"Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death."
"He who sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed."
How many gods are there?
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| 22:13
If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall
not make good that which was torn.
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| 22:14
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the
owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
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| 22:15
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be
an hired thing, it came for his hire.
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| 22:16
And if a man entice a
maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to
be his wife.
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| 22:17
If her father utterly
refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of
virgins.
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| 22:18
Thou shalt not suffer
a witch to live.
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| 22:19
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall
surely be put to death.
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| 22:20
He that sacrificeth unto any god,
save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly
destroyed.
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| 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex
a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt. |
(22:21-22)
Be kind to strangers, widows, and fatherless children.
How should strangers be treated?
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| 22:22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
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| 22:23
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will
surely hear their cry;
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| 22:24
And my wrath shall wax
hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be
widows, and your children fatherless. |
"I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be
widows, and your children fatherless."
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| 22:25
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt
not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. |
Lending Money
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| 22:26
If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver
it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
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| 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 crieth unto me, that I
will hear; for I am gracious. |
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Thou shalt not revile
the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. |
"Thou shalt not revile the gods ( is there more than one?), nor curse the ruler of
thy people. (Even if the ruler is a tyrant?)
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| 22:29
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy
liquors: the firstborn
of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. |
"The firstborn of thy sons thou shalt give unto me."
(As a burnt offering?)
Does God approve of human sacrifice?
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| 22:30
Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it
shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. |
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| 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 to the dogs. |
"Ye shall be holy men unto me."
Is only God holy?
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