Exodus 22:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

But if you cannot afford to replace the animals, you must be sold as a slave to pay for what you have stolen. If you steal an ox, donkey, or sheep, and are caught with it still alive, you must pay the owner double. If you happen to kill a burglar who breaks into your home after dark, you are not guilty. But if you kill someone who breaks in during the day, you are guilty of murder.

Cross References

Matthew 24:43

Homeowners never know when a thief is coming, and they are always on guard to keep one from breaking in.

Numbers 35:27

and are killed by the victim's relative, he cannot be punished for killing you.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

You surely know that the Lord's return will be as a thief coming at night.

Joel 2:9

They swarm over city walls and enter our homes; they crawl in through windows, just like thieves.

Hosea 7:1

and to heal its wounds. But then I see the crimes in Israel and Samaria. Everyone is deceitful; robbers roam the streets.

Job 30:5

and they are run out of towns, as though they were thieves.

Job 24:14

Soon after sunset they murder the poor and the needy, and at night they steal.

1 Peter 4:15

But you deserve to suffer if you are a murderer, a thief, a crook, or a busybody.

Job 24:16

Robbers hide during the day, then break in after dark because they reject the light.

Jeremiah 2:34

You killed innocent people for no reason at all. And even though their blood can be seen on your clothes,