Exodus 22:14-24

14 qui a proximo suo quicquam horum mutuo postularit et debilitatum aut mortuum fuerit domino non praesente reddere conpelletur

15 quod si inpraesentiarum fuit dominus non restituet maxime si conductum venerat pro mercede operis sui

16 si seduxerit quis virginem necdum desponsatam et dormierit cum ea dotabit eam et habebit uxorem

17 si pater virginis dare noluerit reddet pecuniam iuxta modum dotis quam virgines accipere consuerunt

18 maleficos non patieris vivere

19 qui coierit cum iumento morte moriatur

20 qui immolat diis occidetur praeter Domino soli

21 advenam non contristabis neque adfliges eum advenae enim et ipsi fuistis in terra Aegypti

22 viduae et pupillo non nocebitis

23 si laeseritis eos vociferabuntur ad me et ego audiam clamorem eorum

24 et indignabitur furor meus percutiamque vos gladio et erunt uxores vestrae viduae et filii vestri pupilli

Exodus 22:14-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 22

This chapter contains various laws concerning theft, Ex 22:1-4, concerning damage done to fields and vineyards by beasts, and to corn in stacks or standing, by fire, Ex 22:5,6, concerning anything or creature deposited in the hands of a neighbour, and they be stolen or lost by one means or another, Ex 22:7-13, concerning anything borrowed, and it comes to any damage, Ex 22:14,15, concerning fornication, Ex 22:16,17 concerning witchcraft, bestiality, and idolatry, Ex 22:18-20 concerning oppression, and affliction of the stranger, fatherless, and widow, Ex 22:21-24 concerning taking usury and pledges, Ex 22:25-27, concerning irreverence to magistrates, Ex 22:28, concerning the offering of firstfruits to God, Ex 22:29,30 and the chapter is concluded with a prohibition of eating anything torn by beasts, Ex 22:31.