Scripture · Old Testament
Exodus 22:2
Exodus 22:2 is verse 2 of Exodus chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
King James Version
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
World English Bible
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
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Exodus 22:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
2 If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
3 But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
4 If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 24:14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
Job 30:5They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
Hosea 7:1When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
Joel 2:9They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 6:20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Numbers 35:27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed