Exodus 22:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:31

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:

1 Chronicles 23:4

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;

Psalm 82:1

A Psalm. Of Asaph. God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

Exodus 21:6

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.

Exodus 22:28

You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.

Exodus 22:9

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.

Deuteronomy 16:18

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.