Exodus 22:6
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If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.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.
In other translations
If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.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.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-ifH3588תֵצֵאtetze'it will go forthH3318אֵשׁ'esha fireH784וּמָצְאָהumatze'ahand it will findH4672קֹצִיםkotzimthornbushesH6975וְנֶאֱכַלvene'ekhaland it will be consumedH398גָּדִישׁgadisha heap of sheavesH1430אוֹ'oorH176הַקָּמָהhakamahthe standing grainH7054אוֹ'oorH176הַשָּׂדֶהhasadehthe fieldH7704שַׁלֵּםshalemcertainly <make compensation>H7999יְשַׁלֵּםyeshalemhe will make compensationH7999הַמַּבְעִרhamav'irthe [one who] kindledH1197אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַבְּעֵרָה׃ סhabe'erahthe fireH1200
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Related verses
- Exodus 22:9For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
- Exodus 21:33-3433 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.33 If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34 the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
- 2 Samuel 14:30-3130 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire. 31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?30 Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire. 31 Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
- Judges 15:4-54 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. 5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.4 Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails. 5 Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
- Exodus 22:12And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.
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