Bible verse
If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
Exodus 22:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 22.
1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
2 If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
3 But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
4 If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
5 If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
6 If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
KJV
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.
ASV
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
ERV
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
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