Exodus 22:6 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 22:6

If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

If fire break out - Mr. Harmer observes that it is a common custom in the east to set the dry herbage on fire before the autumnal rains, which fires, for want of care, often do great damage: and in countries where great drought prevails, and the herbage is generally parched, great caution was peculiarly necessary; and a law to guard against such evils, and to punish inattention and neglect, was highly expedient. See Harmer’s Observat., vol. iii., p. 310, etc.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The very parched state of the herbage and the long droughts of summer, make the kindling of a fire an operation often dangerous, and always requiring caution from its liability to spread rapidly. stacks--or as it is rendered "shocks" (Jud 15:5; Job 5:26), means simply a bundle of loose sheaves.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	if	H3588 →
תֵצֵ֨א	te.Tze'	it will go forth	H3318 →
אֵ֜שׁ	'esh	a fire	H784 →
וּמָצְאָ֤ה	u.ma.tze.'Ah	and it will find	H4672 →
קֹצִים֙	ko.Tzim	thornbushes	H6975 →
וְנֶאֱכַ֣ל	ve.ne.'e.Khal	and it will be consumed	H398 →
גָּדִ֔ישׁ	ga.Dish	a heap of sheaves	H1430 →
א֥וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
הַקָּמָ֖ה	ha.ka.Mah	the standing grain	H7054 →
א֣וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →
שַׁלֵּ֣ם	sha.Lem	certainly <make compensation>	H7999 →
יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם	ye.sha.Lem	he will make compensation	H7999 →
הַמַּבְעִ֖ר	ha.mav.'Ir	the [one who] kindled	H1197 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַבְּעֵרָֽה׃ ס	ha.be.'e.Rah	the fire	H1200 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 22:9
In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges.…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 25:1
  If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
- Exodus 22:4
  If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
- Exodus 23:6–8
  You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
- Numbers 5:6–7
  “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty
- 1 Kings 8:31
  When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
Through
Exodus 22:12
But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.
leads to
- Genesis 31:39
  I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
- Exodus 22:7
  If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.