Exo 22:1-4 | TSK | e4.org | sheep or, goat he shall There is a smaller compensation required in other things ( ), and also a disproportion between an ox and a sheep. The reason of the former is, as Maimonides explains it, because money, goods, etc., are better guarded in houses and cities, than cattle in a field; which consequently can be more easily stolen. The reason of the latter seems to be, as it is explained by Bishop Patrick, that an ox was of greater value, and more useful for the purposes of husbandry. ; ; ; ; five oxen

‏ Exodus 22:1-4

sheep or, goat

he shall There is a smaller compensation required in other things (Exod 22:9), and also a disproportion between an ox and a sheep. The reason of the former is, as Maimonides explains it, because money, goods, etc., are better guarded in houses and cities, than cattle in a field; which consequently can be more easily stolen. The reason of the latter seems to be, as it is explained by Bishop Patrick, that an ox was of greater value, and more useful for the purposes of husbandry. Lev 6:1-6; Num 5:7; 2Sam 12:6; Prov 6:31; Luke 19:8

five oxen Prov 14:4

breaking Job 24:14, Job 30:5; Hos 7:1; Joel 2:9; Matt 6:19-20, Matt 24:43; 1Thess 5:2

no blood Num 35:27

then he shall Exod 21:2; Judg 2:14, Judg 10:7; Isa 50:1

found Exod 21:16

he shall restore double Exod 22:1, Exod 22:7, Exod 22:9; Prov 6:31; Isa 40:2; Jer 16:18; Rev 18:6