Exodus 22:8

A Conservative Version

If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, [to see] whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:18

Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Exodus 22:28

Thou shall not revile the gods, nor speak maliciously (LXX/NT) of a ruler of thy people.

Exodus 21:6

then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

Psalm 82:1

God stands in the congregation of God. He judges among the gods.

1 Chronicles 23:4

Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of LORD. And six thousand were officers and judges,

Exodus 22:9

For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, of which a man says, This is it, the case of both parties shall come before God. He whom God shall condemn s

1 Kings 8:31

If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he comes [and] swears before thine altar in this house,