Exodus 22:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Job 24:14

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

Job 24:16

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

Job 30:5

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

Jeremiah 2:34

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

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.

Joel 2:9

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

Numbers 35:27

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

Matthew 24:43

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

1 Thessalonians 5:2

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

1 Peter 4:15

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