Exodus 22:2
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22:2“If a thief is caught5 breaking in6 and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.7
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- 5 Heb “found” (so , , ).
- 6 The word בַּמַּחְתֶּרֶת (bammakhteret) means “digging through” the walls of a house (usually made of mud bricks). The verb is used only a few times and has the meaning of dig in (as into houses) or row hard (as in Jonah 1:13).
- 7 The text has “there is not to him bloods.” When the word “blood” is put in the plural, it refers to bloodshed, or the price of blood that is shed, i.e., blood guiltiness. This law focuses on what is reasonable defense against burglary. If someone killed a thief who was breaking in during the night, he was not charged because he would not have known it was just a thief, but if it happened during the day, he was guilty of a crime, on the assumption that in daylight the thief posed no threat to the homeowner’s life and could be stopped and made to pay restitution.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“If a thief is caught in the act of breaking into a house and is struck and killed in the process, the person who killed the thief is not guilty of murder.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“ ‘If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him.
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KJV 1900King James Version
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
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