Exodus 22:2
King James Version (KJV)
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
American Standard Version (ASV)
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
World English Bible (WEB)
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
Exodus 22:2 Cross References
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
