"Ifthe thiefis caughtwhile breakingin and is struckso that he dies,therewill be nobloodguiltinesson his account.
"The murdererarisesat dawn;He killsthe poorand the needy,And at nighthe is as a thief.
"In the darkthey diginto houses,They shutthemselves up by day;They do not knowthe light.
"They are drivenfrom the community;They shoutagainstthem as [against] a thief,
"Alsoon your skirtsis foundThe lifebloodof the innocentpoor;You did not findthem breakingin. But in spiteof allthesethings,
When I would healIsrael,The iniquityof Ephraimis uncovered,And the evildeedsof Samaria,For they dealfalsely;The thiefentersin, Banditsraidoutside,
They rushon the city,They runon the wall;They climbinto the houses,They enterthroughthe windowslike a thief.
and the bloodavengerfindshim outsidethe borderof his cityof refuge,and the bloodavengerkillsthe manslayer,he will not be guilty of blood
"But be sureof this,that ifthe head of the househad knownat whattime of the nightthe thiefwas coming,he would have been on the alertand would not have allowedhis houseto be brokeninto.
For you yourselvesknowfull wellthat the dayof the Lordwill comejust likea thiefin the night.
Makesure that noneof you suffersas a murderer,orthief,orevildoer,ora troublesome meddler;
