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

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.

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If the thief is found (A)breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be (B)no guilt for his bloodshed. If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be (C)sold[a] for his theft.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:3 Sold as a slave