Exodus 22:2
¶If a thief be cfound breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
¶If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
NKJV: If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed.
ESV: If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,
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Matthew 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Numbers 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
Numbers 35:27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: