If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;
Exodus 22:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if the thief is not found, the house owner shall appear before God [the judges as His agents] to find whether he stole his neighbor's goods. American Standard Version (1901) If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods. Common English Bible If the thief isn’t caught, the owner of the house should be brought before God to determine whether or not the owner stole the other’s property. Catholic Public Domain Version If the thief is unknown, the lord of the house will be brought before the heavens to swear that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If the thief be not known, the master of the house shall be brought to the gods, and shall swear that he did not lay his hand upon his neighbour's goods, |
If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges;
then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
Shofetim and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.