Exodus 22:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep,a and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. ”

• Exodus 22:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The theft of an ox appears to have been regarded as a greater crime than the theft of a sheep, because it showed a stronger purpose in wickedness to take the larger and more powerful animal. It may...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  If a man shall steal an (a) ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (a) Either a great beast of the herd, or a small beast of the f...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Exodus 22:1-6 E. Theft and Damage. Fourfold restitution was due ( Exodus 22:1 ), as in Roman law and Bedawin custom, for theft of a sheep (though fivefold for the doubly useful ox), reduced to...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  a man . Hebrew. 'ish (App-14). four sheep . So David Jdg 2 Samuel 12:6 .

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• Exodus 22:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Thus far God has proclaimed Himself the avenger of iniquities, and, citing thieves before His tribunal, has threatened them with eternal death. Now follow the civil laws, the principle of which...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a man shall steal - This chapter consists chiefly of judicial law...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, &c.— If he killed or sold such stolen ox, sheep, or goat, and was legally convicted of the crime, he was to restore five oxen for an ox, &c. If they...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a man shall steal. The law respects the theft of cattle,...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Book of the Covenant (continued) 1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and of proportionately...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep. — The flocks and herds of the Israelites constituted their principal property, and hence cattle-stealing is taken as the representative of theft in general....

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• Exodus 22:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  PART III.--RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. Exodus 21:33 - Exodus 22:15 . The vital and quickening principle in this section is the stress it lays upon man's responsibility for negligence, and the indirec...

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• Exodus 22:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo 21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is tha...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS The same subject as in the former Chapter is pursued through this. Here is a further explanation of the social duties and obligations, as comprised in the second table of the law, given on...

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• Exodus 22:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep ,.... In which the substance of men chiefly lay in those times, and particularly the people of Israel, who were now come out of Egypt, with their flocks and her...

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• Exodus 22:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. Ver. 1. If a man shall steal, &c. ] The Persians at this day...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep More for an ox than for a sheep, because the owner, besides all the other profit, lost the daily labour of his ox. If he were not able to make restit...

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• Exodus 22:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY (vs.1-15) While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on his own property, and le...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491.       1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sel...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  EXODUS CHAPTER 22 Of theft, Exodus 22:1-4 . Of eating another man's vineyard, Exodus 2:5 Of hurt coming by fire, Exodus 22:6 . Of hurt coming to goods committed to one's trust, Exodus 2...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Regulations Concerning Farming Theft and Damage ( Exodus 22:1-13 ). Here we have five main paragraphs which begin with ‘if (ci) a man' or ‘if (ci) a fire' (English text (verses) Exodus 22:1 ; Ex...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 22:2 . No blood be shed for him.] This is a free translation, which, however, fairly gives the purport of the original words. The Hebrew phrase reads literally: “There is...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Exodus 22:2 . Breaking up, by forcible entrance into a house, there shall no blood be shed for him, though he be killed by another in his own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to...

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• Exodus 22:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  If a man steal. The law of robbery God made provision not only for the acquisition of property, but for its security. Hence this law, which respects-- 1. Theft. 2. Housebreaking. I. Th...

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• Exodus 22:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT , continued . Laws connected with rights of property, continued ( Exodus 22:1-2 ). The fret section— Exodus 22:1-2 —is upon theft. The general pr...

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• Exodus 22:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen, five head of cattle, for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. The Lord wanted complete restoration to be made...

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• Exodus 22:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  sheep. or, goat. He shall. There is a smaller compensation Leviticus 6:1-6 Numbers 5:7 2 Samuel 12:6 Proverbs 6:31 Luke 19:8 five oxen Proverbs 14:4

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• Exodus 22:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep — More for an ox than for a sheep, because the owner, besides all the other profit, lost the daily labour of his ox. If we were not able to make rest...

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