The Church Fathers on this verse

Exodus 22:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

If a man deliver money, or any vessel unto his friend to keep, and they be stolen away from him that received them: if the thief be found, he shall restore double:

Douay-Rheims

אִם־לֹ֤א יִמָּצֵא֙ הַגַּנָּ֔ב וְנִקְרַ֥ב בַּֽעַל־הַבַּ֖יִת אֶל־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים אִם־לֹ֥א שָׁלַ֛ח יָד֖וֹ בִּמְלֶ֥אכֶת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Wlastow G.K.

19th centuryCommentator

This oath seems to allow the homeowner of the place where the item was stored to be released from any financial responsibility for it. It is important to highlight this verse, as well as verse 6 in chapter 21, where the term typically translated as judge in Hebrew is actually Elogim, meaning the Godhead.

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