Exodus 22:1-5 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.… I. MEN MUST SUFFER FOR CRIME. II. MEN MUST SUFFER, UNAVENGED, THE EXTREME CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT. III. MEN MUST LEARN, BY DEGREES OF SUFFERING, THAT THERE ARE DEGREES OF CRIMINALITY. IV. MEN MUST LEARN THAT PROPERTY HAS RIGHTS. V. MEN MUST LEARN TO CONSIDER THE WELFARE OF THEIR NEIGHBOURS. (W. Burrows, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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