1 And if the thief be found in the breach [made by himself] and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him. 2 But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die instead; and if a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen. 3 And if the thing stolen be left and be in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore them two-fold. 4 And if any one should feed down a field or a vineyard, and should send in his beast to feed down another field, he shall make compensation of his own field according to his produce; and if he shall have fed down the whole field, he shall pay for compensation the best of his own field and the best of his vineyard. 5 And if fire have gone forth and caught thorns, and should also set on fire threshing-floors or ears of corn or a field, he that kindled the fire shall make compensation. 6 And if any one give to his neighbour money or goods to keep, and they be stolen out of the man's house, if the thief be found, he shall repay double. 7 But if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall come forward before God, and shall swear that surely he has not wrought wickedly in regard of any part of his neighbour's deposit, 8 according to every injury alleged, both concerning a calf, and an ass, and a sheep, and a garment, and every alleged loss, whatsoever in fact it may be,—the judgment of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall repay to his neighbour double. 9 And if any one give to his neighbour to keep a calf or sheep or any beast, and it be wounded or die or be taken, and no one know, 10 an oath of God shall be between both, [each swearing] that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbour's deposit; and so his master shall hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation. 11 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make compensation to the owner. 12 And if it be seized of beasts, he shall bring him to [witness] the prey, and he shall not make compensation. 13 And if any one borrow [ought] of his neighbour, and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it, he shall make compensation. 14 But if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a hired thing, there shall be [a compensation] to him instead of his hire. 15 And if any one deceive a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to himself. 16 And if her father positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins. 17 Ye shall not save the lives of sorcerers. 18 Every one that lies with a beast ye shall surely put to death. 19 He that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be destroyed by death. 20 And ye shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 21 Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan. 22 And if ye should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice. 23 And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans. 24 And if thou shouldest lend money to thy poor brother who is by thee, thou shalt not be hard upon him, thou shalt not exact usury of him. 25 And if thou take thy neighbour's garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset. 26 For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful. 27 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor speak ill of the ruler of thy people. 28 Thou shalt not keep back the first-fruits of thy threshing floor and press. The first-born of thy sons thou shalt give to me. 29 So shalt thou do with thy calf and thy sheep and thine ass; seven days shall it be under the mother, and the eighth day thou shalt give it to me. 30 And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.
Exodus · Brenton's English Septuagint
Exodus 22 Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 19:8; 2 Samuel 12:6; Proverbs 6:31; Numbers 5:7; Leviticus 6:1–6
- 2 Matthew 24:43; Matthew 6:19–20; Numbers 35:27; Joel 2:9; Job 24:14
- 3 Exodus 21:2; Judges 2:14; Isaiah 50:1; Matthew 18:25; Judges 10:7
- 4 Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:1; Exodus 21:16; Exodus 22:9; Proverbs 6:31
- 5 Exodus 22:3; Exodus 21:34; Exodus 22:12; Job 20:18
- 6 Exodus 22:9; Judges 15:4–5; Exodus 22:12; 2 Samuel 14:30–31; Exodus 21:33–34
- 7 Exodus 22:4; Proverbs 6:30–31
- 8 Exodus 22:28; Deuteronomy 16:18; Exodus 21:6; 1 Chronicles 23:4; Deuteronomy 17:8–9
- 9 Deuteronomy 25:1; Exodus 23:6–8; Numbers 5:6–7; Exodus 22:4; Matthew 18:35
- 10 2 Timothy 1:12; Genesis 39:8; Luke 12:48; Luke 16:11
- 11 Hebrews 6:16; Exodus 22:8; Proverbs 30:9; Leviticus 6:3; Exodus 23:1
- 12 Genesis 31:39; Exodus 22:7
- 13 Micah 5:8; Ezekiel 4:14; Amos 3:12; Nahum 2:12
- 14 Deuteronomy 23:19–20; Leviticus 24:18; Exodus 21:34; Deuteronomy 15:2; Luke 6:35
- 15 Zechariah 8:10
- 16 Deuteronomy 22:28–29; Genesis 34:2–4
- 17 Genesis 34:12; 1 Samuel 18:25; Deuteronomy 22:29; Deuteronomy 7:3–4; Genesis 23:16
- 18 Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:10–11; 1 Samuel 28:3; Leviticus 20:6; Revelation 22:15
- 19 Leviticus 18:23; Deuteronomy 27:21; Leviticus 20:15–16; Leviticus 18:25
- 20 Deuteronomy 17:2–5; Deuteronomy 18:20; Numbers 25:7–8; Deuteronomy 13:1–15; Numbers 25:2–4
- 21 Deuteronomy 10:19; Exodus 23:9; Leviticus 19:33; Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5
- 22 Isaiah 1:17; Deuteronomy 24:17; Isaiah 1:23; Zechariah 7:10; Isaiah 10:2
- 23 Psalm 10:17–18; Psalm 18:6; Job 34:28; Luke 18:7; Deuteronomy 15:9
- 24 Psalm 109:9; Jeremiah 15:8; Lamentations 5:3; Psalm 78:63–64; Psalm 76:7
- 25 Psalm 15:5; Leviticus 25:35–37; Deuteronomy 23:19–20; Ezekiel 18:8; Nehemiah 5:7
- 26 Proverbs 20:16; Amos 2:8; Deuteronomy 24:6; Ezekiel 18:16; Proverbs 22:27
- 27 Exodus 34:6; Psalm 86:15; 2 Chronicles 30:9; Psalm 72:12; Exodus 22:23
- 28 Acts 23:5; Ecclesiastes 10:20; Jude 8; Exodus 21:17; Exodus 22:8–9
- 29 Exodus 23:16; Exodus 13:2; Deuteronomy 26:2–10; James 1:18; Exodus 23:19
- 30 Leviticus 22:27; Deuteronomy 15:19; Exodus 13:12; Leviticus 12:3
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On the contrary, these higher powers acquiesce heartily in the divine sentence in which it is written, "He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… intelligible and unchangeable law, from that heavenly council-chamber,--for they sit in counsel regarding us,--that holy Scripture, descended to us by the ministry of angels, in which it is written, "He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed," --this Scripture, this law, these precepts, have been confirmed by such miracles, that it is …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
But, not to speak of their character, it is written in the law of the true God, "He that sacrificeth unto any god save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed." He, therefore, who uttered so menacing a commandment decreed that no worship should be given either to good or bad gods.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)