Exodus 22:1

"Exodus."

Key Reflection

The passage in Exodus 22:1-3 outlines the laws concerning stolen livestock and their value, emphasizing the seriousness of theft. These laws, while practical in nature, also reflect broader themes of justice and the sacredness of property, which can be seen as metaphors for the protection and care of God's people and His commandments in the larger narrative of Exodus.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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 have been on similar moral ground that the thief, when he had proved his persistency in crime by adding to his theft the slaughter, or sale, of the animal, was to restore four times its value in the case of a sheep (compare the marginal references), and five times its value in the case of an ox; but if the animal was still in his possession alive (seeExodus 22:4) he had to make only twofold restitut

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