Apologetics Bible

Exodus 22:1

Hebrew

אִם־בַּמַּחְתֶּרֶת יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב וְהֻכָּה וָמֵת אֵין לוֹ דָּמִֽים׃

'im-vamacheteret-yimatze'-haganav-vehukhah-vamet-'eyn-lvo-damiym

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.

AKJV: 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. ¶

ASV: If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

YLT: `When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

Exposition: Exodus 22:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:2

Hebrew

אִם־זָרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עָלָיו דָּמִים לוֹ שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם אִם־אֵין לוֹ וְנִמְכַּר בִּגְנֵבָתֽוֹ׃

'im-zarechah-hashemesh-'alayv-damiym-lvo-shalem-yeshalem-'im-'eyn-lvo-venimekhar-vigenevatvo

KJV: If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

AKJV: If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

ASV: If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

YLT: `If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

Exposition: Exodus 22:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:3

Hebrew

אִֽם־הִמָּצֵא תִמָּצֵא בְיָדוֹ הַגְּנֵבָה מִשּׁוֹר עַד־חֲמוֹר עַד־שֶׂה חַיִּים שְׁנַיִם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

'im-himatze'-timatze'-veyadvo-hagenevah-mishvor-'ad-chamvor-'ad-sheh-chayiym-shenayim-yeshalem

KJV: If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

AKJV: If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

ASV: If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

YLT: if the sun hath risen upon him, blood is for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

Exposition: Exodus 22:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:4

Hebrew

כִּי יַבְעֶר־אִישׁ שָׂדֶה אוֹ־כֶרֶם וְשִׁלַּח אֶת־בעירה בְּעִירוֹ וּבִעֵר בִּשְׂדֵה אַחֵר מֵיטַב שָׂדֵהוּ וּמֵיטַב כַּרְמוֹ יְשַׁלֵּֽם

khiy-yave'er-'iysh-shadeh-'vo-kherem-veshilach-'et-v'yrh-ve'iyrvo-vvi'er-vishedeh-'acher-meytav-shadehv-vmeytav-kharemvo-yeshalem

KJV: If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

AKJV: If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. ¶

ASV: If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.

YLT: if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep--double he repayeth.

Exposition: Exodus 22:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:5

Hebrew

כִּֽי־תֵצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָצְאָה קֹצִים וְנֶאֱכַל גָּדִישׁ אוֹ הַקָּמָה אוֹ הַשָּׂדֶה שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם הַמַּבְעִר אֶת־הַבְּעֵרָֽה׃

khiy-tetze'-'esh-vmatze'ah-qotziym-vene'ekhal-gadiysh-'vo-haqamah-'vo-hashadeh-shalem-yeshalem-hamave'ir-'et-have'erah

KJV: If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

AKJV: If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. ¶

ASV: If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

YLT: `When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, of the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.

Exposition: Exodus 22:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:6

Hebrew

כִּֽי־יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ כֶּסֶף אֽוֹ־כֵלִים לִשְׁמֹר וְגֻנַּב מִבֵּית הָאִישׁ אִם־יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב יְשַׁלֵּם שְׁנָֽיִם׃

khiy-yiten-'iysh-'el-re'ehv-khesef-'vo-kheliym-lishemor-vegunav-miveyt-ha'iysh-'im-yimatze'-haganav-yeshalem-shenayim

KJV: If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

AKJV: If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. ¶

ASV: If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

YLT: `When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.

Exposition: Exodus 22:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:7

Hebrew

אִם־לֹא יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב וְנִקְרַב בַּֽעַל־הַבַּיִת אֶל־הָֽאֱלֹהִים אִם־לֹא שָׁלַח יָדוֹ בִּמְלֶאכֶת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

'im-lo'-yimatze'-haganav-veniqerav-va'al-havayit-'el-ha'elohiym-'im-lo'-shalach-yadvo-vimele'khet-re'ehv

KJV: If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

AKJV: If a man shall deliver to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

ASV: If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.

YLT: `When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.

Exposition: Exodus 22:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:8

Hebrew

עַֽל־כָּל־דְּבַר־פֶּשַׁע עַל־שׁוֹר עַל־חֲמוֹר עַל־שֶׂה עַל־שַׂלְמָה עַל־כָּל־אֲבֵדָה אֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר כִּי־הוּא זֶה עַד הָֽאֱלֹהִים יָבֹא דְּבַר־שְׁנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר יַרְשִׁיעֻן אֱלֹהִים יְשַׁלֵּם שְׁנַיִם לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃

'al-khal-devar-fesha'-'al-shvor-'al-chamvor-'al-sheh-'al-shalemah-'al-khal-'avedah-'asher-yo'mar-khiy-hv'-zeh-'ad-ha'elohiym-yavo'-devar-sheneyhem-'asher-yareshiy'un-'elohiym-yeshalem-shenayim-lere'ehv

KJV: If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.

AKJV: If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to see whether he have put his hand to his neighbor’s goods.

ASV: If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods.

YLT: `If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour;

Exposition: Exodus 22:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:9

Hebrew

כִּֽי־יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ חֲמוֹר אוֹ־שׁוֹר אוֹ־שֶׂה וְכָל־בְּהֵמָה לִשְׁמֹר וּמֵת אוֹ־נִשְׁבַּר אוֹ־נִשְׁבָּה אֵין רֹאֶֽה׃

khiy-yiten-'iysh-'el-re'ehv-chamvor-'vo-shvor-'vo-sheh-vekhal-vehemah-lishemor-vmet-'vo-nishevar-'vo-nishevah-'eyn-ro'eh

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.

AKJV: 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 challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double to his neighbor.

ASV: For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.

YLT: for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.

Exposition: Exodus 22:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:10

Hebrew

שְׁבֻעַת יְהוָה תִּהְיֶה בֵּין שְׁנֵיהֶם אִם־לֹא שָׁלַח יָדוֹ בִּמְלֶאכֶת רֵעֵהוּ וְלָקַח בְּעָלָיו וְלֹא יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

shevu'at-yehvah-tiheyeh-veyn-sheneyhem-'im-lo'-shalach-yadvo-vimele'khet-re'ehv-velaqach-ve'alayv-velo'-yeshalem

KJV: If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

AKJV: If a man deliver to his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

ASV: If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

YLT: `When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing--

Exposition: Exodus 22:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:11

Hebrew

וְאִם־גָּנֹב יִגָּנֵב מֵעִמּוֹ יְשַׁלֵּם לִבְעָלָֽיו׃

ve'im-ganov-yiganev-me'imvo-yeshalem-live'alayv

KJV: Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

AKJV: Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

ASV: the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

YLT: an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

Exposition: Exodus 22:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:12

Hebrew

אִם־טָרֹף יִטָּרֵף יְבִאֵהוּ עֵד הַטְּרֵפָה לֹא יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

'im-tarof-yitaref-yevi'ehv-'ed-haterefah-lo'-yeshalem

KJV: And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

AKJV: And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.

ASV: But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

YLT: but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

Exposition: Exodus 22:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:13

Hebrew

וְכִֽי־יִשְׁאַל אִישׁ מֵעִם רֵעֵהוּ וְנִשְׁבַּר אוֹ־מֵת בְּעָלָיו אֵין־עִמּוֹ שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

vekhiy-yishe'al-'iysh-me'im-re'ehv-venishevar-'vo-met-ve'alayv-'eyn-'imvo-shalem-yeshalem

KJV: If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

AKJV: If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. ¶

ASV: If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn.

YLT: if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in--a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

Exposition: Exodus 22:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:14

Hebrew

אִם־בְּעָלָיו עִמּוֹ לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם אִם־שָׂכִיר הוּא בָּא בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ׃

'im-ve'alayv-'imvo-lo'-yeshalem-'im-shakhiyr-hv'-va'-vishekharvo

KJV: And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

AKJV: And if a man borrow something of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

ASV: And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

YLT: `And when a man doth ask anything from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died--its owner not being with it--he doth certainly repay;

Exposition: Exodus 22:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:15

Hebrew

וְכִֽי־יְפַתֶּה אִישׁ בְּתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אֹרָשָׂה וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ מָהֹר יִמְהָרֶנָּה לּוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

vekhiy-yefateh-'iysh-vetvlah-'asher-lo'-'orashah-veshakhav-'imah-mahor-yimeharenah-lvo-le'ishah

KJV: But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

AKJV: But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. ¶

ASV: If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.

YLT: if its owner is with it, he doth not repay, --if it is a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.

Exposition: Exodus 22:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:16

Hebrew

אִם־מָאֵן יְמָאֵן אָבִיהָ לְתִתָּהּ לוֹ כֶּסֶף יִשְׁקֹל כְּמֹהַר הַבְּתוּלֹֽת׃

'im-ma'en-yema'en-'aviyha-letitah-lvo-khesef-yisheqol-khemohar-havetvlot

KJV: And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

AKJV: And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

ASV: And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

YLT: `And when a man doth entice a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;

Exposition: Exodus 22:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:17

Hebrew

מְכַשֵּׁפָה לֹא תְחַיֶּֽה׃

mekhashefah-lo'-techayeh

KJV: If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

AKJV: If her father utterly refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. ¶

ASV: If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

YLT: if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

Exposition: Exodus 22:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:18

Hebrew

כָּל־שֹׁכֵב עִם־בְּהֵמָה מוֹת יוּמָֽת׃

khal-shokhev-'im-vehemah-mvot-yvmat

KJV: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

AKJV: You shall not suffer a witch to live. ¶

ASV: Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.

YLT: `A witch thou dost not keep alive.

Exposition: Exodus 22:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:19

Hebrew

זֹבֵחַ לָאֱלֹהִים יָֽחֳרָם בִּלְתִּי לַיהוָה לְבַדּֽוֹ׃

zovecha-la'elohiym-yachoram-viletiy-layhvah-levadvo

KJV: Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

AKJV: Whoever lies with a beast shall surely be put to death. ¶

ASV: Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

YLT: `Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.

Exposition: Exodus 22:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:20

Hebrew

וְגֵר לֹא־תוֹנֶה וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ כִּֽי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

veger-lo'-tvoneh-velo'-tilechatzenv-khiy-geriym-heyiytem-ve'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

AKJV: He that sacrifices to any god, save to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. ¶

ASV: He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed.

YLT: `He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.

Exposition: Exodus 22:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:21

Hebrew

כָּל־אַלְמָנָה וְיָתוֹם לֹא תְעַנּֽוּן׃

khal-'alemanah-veyatvom-lo'-te'anvn

KJV: Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

AKJV: You shall neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. ¶

ASV: And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

YLT: `And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

Exposition: Exodus 22:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:22

Hebrew

אִם־עַנֵּה תְעַנֶּה אֹתוֹ כִּי אִם־צָעֹק יִצְעַק אֵלַי שָׁמֹעַ אֶשְׁמַע צַעֲקָתֽוֹ׃

'im-'aneh-te'aneh-'otvo-khiy-'im-tza'oq-yitze'aq-'elay-shamo'a-'eshema'-tza'aqatvo

KJV: Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

AKJV: You shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

ASV: Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

YLT: `Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

Exposition: Exodus 22:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:23

Hebrew

וְחָרָה אַפִּי וְהָרַגְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בֶּחָרֶב וְהָיוּ נְשֵׁיכֶם אַלְמָנוֹת וּבְנֵיכֶם יְתֹמִֽים׃

vecharah-'afiy-veharagetiy-'etekhem-vecharev-vehayv-nesheykhem-'alemanvot-vveneykhem-yetomiym

KJV: If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

AKJV: If you afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

ASV: If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

YLT: if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;

Exposition: Exodus 22:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:24

Hebrew

אִם־כֶּסֶף ׀ תַּלְוֶה אֶת־עַמִּי אֶת־הֶֽעָנִי עִמָּךְ לֹא־תִהְיֶה לוֹ כְּנֹשֶׁה לֹֽא־תְשִׂימוּן עָלָיו נֶֽשֶׁךְ׃

'im-khesef- -taleveh-'et-'amiy-'et-he'aniy-'imakhe-lo'-tiheyeh-lvo-khenosheh-lo'-teshiymvn-'alayv-neshekhe

KJV: And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

AKJV: And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. ¶

ASV: and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

YLT: and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

Exposition: Exodus 22:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:25

Hebrew

אִם־חָבֹל תַּחְבֹּל שַׂלְמַת רֵעֶךָ עַד־בֹּא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּ לֽוֹ׃

'im-chavol-tachevol-shalemat-re'ekha-'ad-vo'-hashemesh-teshiyvenv-lvo

KJV: If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

AKJV: If you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be to him as an usurer, neither shall you lay on him usury.

ASV: If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

YLT: `If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

Exposition: Exodus 22:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:26

Hebrew

כִּי הִוא כסותה כְסוּתוֹ לְבַדָּהּ הִוא שִׂמְלָתוֹ לְעֹרוֹ בַּמֶּה יִשְׁכָּב וְהָיָה כִּֽי־יִצְעַק אֵלַי וְשָׁמַעְתִּי כִּֽי־חַנּוּן אָֽנִי׃

khiy-hiv'-khsvth-khesvtvo-levadah-hiv'-shimelatvo-le'orvo-vameh-yishekhav-vehayah-khiy-yitze'aq-'elay-veshama'etiy-khiy-chanvn-'aniy

KJV: If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

AKJV: If you at all take your neighbor’s raiment to pledge, you shall deliver it to him by that the sun goes down:

ASV: If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

YLT: if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

Exposition: Exodus 22:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:27

Hebrew

אֱלֹהִים לֹא תְקַלֵּל וְנָשִׂיא בְעַמְּךָ לֹא תָאֹֽר׃

'elohiym-lo'-teqalel-venashiy'-ve'amekha-lo'-ta'or

KJV: For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

AKJV: For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. ¶

ASV: for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

YLT: for it alone is his covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I am gracious.

Exposition: Exodus 22:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:28

Hebrew

מְלֵאָתְךָ וְדִמְעֲךָ לֹא תְאַחֵר בְּכוֹר בָּנֶיךָ תִּתֶּן־לִּֽי׃

mele'atekha-vedime'akha-lo'-te'acher-vekhvor-vaneykha-titen-liy

KJV: Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

AKJV: You shall not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of your people. ¶

ASV: Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

YLT: `God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

Exposition: Exodus 22:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:29

Hebrew

כֵּֽן־תַּעֲשֶׂה לְשֹׁרְךָ לְצֹאנֶךָ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים יִהְיֶה עִם־אִמּוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי תִּתְּנוֹ־לִֽי׃

khen-ta'asheh-leshorekha-letzo'nekha-shive'at-yamiym-yiheyeh-'im-'imvo-vayvom-hashemiyniy-titenvo-liy

KJV: Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

AKJV: You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe fruits, and of your liquors: the firstborn of your sons shall you give to me.

ASV: Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

YLT: `Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;

Exposition: Exodus 22:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:30

Hebrew

וְאַנְשֵׁי־קֹדֶשׁ תִּהְיוּן לִי וּבָשָׂר בַּשָּׂדֶה טְרֵפָה לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ לַכֶּלֶב תַּשְׁלִכוּן אֹתֽוֹ׃

ve'aneshey-qodesh-tiheyvn-liy-vvashar-vashadeh-terefah-lo'-to'khelv-lakhelev-tashelikhvn-'otvo

KJV: Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

AKJV: Likewise shall you do with your oxen, and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day you shall give it me. ¶

ASV: Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

YLT: so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me.

Exposition: Exodus 22:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 22:31

KJV: And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

AKJV: And you shall be holy men to me: neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs.

ASV: And ye shall be holy men unto me: therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

YLT: `And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.

Exposition: Exodus 22:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.