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Exodus 22:9Exod.22.9

For 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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Dans toute affaire frauduleuse concernant un boeuf, un âne, un agneau, un vêtement, ou un objet perdu, au sujet duquel on dira: C'est cela! -la cause des deux parties ira jusqu'à Dieu; celui que Dieu condamnera fera à son prochain une restitution au double.

KJV

For 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.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)

    πραγμάτων] προσταγμάτων coni. Mang. 23 προσνομοθετεῖ coni. Mang. 26 καὶ οὐ ψεύσεσθε SM: καὶ om. v 6 Exod. 22,9. 9 Exod. 22,10. 13. 11 Exod. 22,10. 11. 11 Exod. 22,14. 15 πλησίον ὑμῶν· καὶ οὐκ ὀμεῖσθε τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐπ’ ἀδίκῳ καὶ τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα οὐ βεβηλώσετε“ (Lev. 19,11. 12)· παγκ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    inting the punishment for theft, the Law considered what would be likely to happen most frequently ( Ex. 22:1-9 ): wherefore, as regards theft of other things which can easily be safeguarded from a thief, the thief restored only twice their value. But sheep cannot be easily safeg…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    precepts: for it is written ( Ex. 22:21 ): "Thou shalt not molest a stranger [advenam]"; and again ( Ex. 22:9 ): "Thou shalt not molest a stranger [peregrino]." Thirdly, when any foreigners wished to be admitted entirely to their fellowship and mode of worship. With regard to the…

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