Exodus 22:8
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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.If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.
In other translations
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.If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.
Hebrew words
אִם־'im-ifH518לֹאlo'notH3808יִמָּצֵאyimatze'he will be foundH4672הַגַּנָּבhaganavthe thiefH1590וְנִקְרַבvenikravand he will be brought nearH7126בַּעַל־ba'al-[the] master ofH1167הַבַּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004אֶל־'el-toH413הָאֱלֹהִיםha'elohimthe judgesH430אִם־'im-ifH518לֹאlo'notH3808שָׁלַחshalachhe had stretched outH7971יָדוֹyadohand hisH3027בִּמְלֶאכֶתbimlekheton [the] property ofH4399רֵעֵהוּ׃re'ehuneighbor hisH7453
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- 1 Chronicles 23:4Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
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