Theft and Thieves

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• General scriptures concerningExodus 20:15Exodus 21:16Exodus 22:1–4Exodus 22:10–15Leviticus 6:2–7Leviticus 19:11Leviticus 19:13Deuteronomy 5:19Deuteronomy 23:24Deuteronomy 23:25Psalms 50:18Psalms 62:10Psalms 119:61Proverbs 6:30Proverbs 6:31Proverbs 21:7Isaiah 61:8Jeremiah 2:26Jeremiah 7:9Jeremiah 7:10
• See Dishonesty
• FIGURATIVEObadiah 1:5
• INSTANCES OF
• By Rachel, of the household gods (teraphim)Genesis 31:19Genesis 31:34Genesis 31:35
• AchanJoshua 7:11
• MicahJudges 17:2
• The spies of LaishJudges 18:14–27
• JudasJohn 12:6

The passages, in Bible order (57)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 31:19

   Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:192 voices

   “(Verse 19) And Rachel stole her father's idols. Where we now read idols, it is written in Hebrew Theraphim, which Aquila interprets as μορφώματα, that is, figures or images. This is done so that we may understand what the word Theraphim means in the Book of Judges (17:5).

   “And Laban went to shear his sheep,....

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2. Genesis 31:34

   Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:341 voice

   “Moreover, holy Rachel—that is, the church, or prudence—hid the idols, because the church does not know representations and figures of idols that are totally devoid of reality, but it knows the real existence of the Trinity. Indeed, it has destroyed darkness and revealed the splendor of glory.

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3. Genesis 31:35

   Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:352 voices

   “As Jacob was returning to his own country, Laban and his companions pursued them. Upon examination of Jacob's possessions Laban found nothing of his, and therefore he could not hold him. Laban here is not unfittingly said to represent a type of the devil, because …

   “And she said to her father,....

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4. Exodus 20:15

   You shall not steal.

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   "You shall not steal:" [Exodus 20:15] for Achan, when he had stolen in Israel at Jericho, was stoned to death; [Joshua 7:1] and Gehazi, who stole, and told a lie, inherited the leprosy of Naaman; [2 Kings 5:27] and Judas, who stole the poor's money, betrayed the Lord of glory to the Jews, [John 12:6] and repented, and hanged himself, and burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out; [Matthew 27:5; Acts 1:18] and Ananias, and Sapphira his wife, who stole their own goods, and "tempted the Spirit of the Lord," were immediately, at the sentence of Peter our fellow-apostle, struck dead. [Acts 5:1-11]

   “Thou shall not steal. Which is to take away another man's property by force or fraud, without the knowledge, and against the will of the owner thereof.

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5. Exodus 21:16

   Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

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   “And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him,....

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6. Exodus 22:1–4

   “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 22:1–42 voices

   “Some think that the precepts of the Old Testament are stricter than those of the New; but these are certainly deceived by careless consideration. For in the Old Testament, not avarice but robbery is punished. There, property unjustly taken is punished by fourfold restitution. But here this rich man is not blamed for taking what belonged to others, but for not giving what was his own. Nor is it said that he oppressed anyone by violence, but that he exalted himself in the things he had received.

   “If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep,....

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7. Exodus 22:10–15

   If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,

   ›Commentary on Exodus 22:10–152 voices

   “If a man deliver to his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep,.... And he keeps it without a reward, as the Targum of Jonathan; but Jarchi and Aben Ezra more rightly interpret this of one that keeps for hire, as herdsmen, shepherds, &c.

   “This law appears to relate chiefly to herdsmen employed by the owners of cattle. When an animal was stolen Exo 22:12, it was presumed either that the herdsman might have prevented it, or that he could find the thief and bring him to justice (see Exo 22:4). When an animal was killed by a wild beast, the keeper had to produce the mangled carcass, not only in proof of the fact, but to show that he had, by his vigilance and courage, deprived the wild beast of its prey.

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8. Leviticus 6:2–7

   “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor

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   “If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord,....

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9. Leviticus 19:11

   You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

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   “Ye shall not steal,.... Which is the eighth command; See Gill on Exo 20:15; though Jarchi thinks something different from that law is here intended; that this is a caution against stealing of money, that in the decalogue against stealing of souls, or men.

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10. Leviticus 19:13

    You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

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    “Let no one deny the hireling the wage he is owed, since we too are hirelings of our God, and from him we look forward to the reward of our labor. And if you indeed, whatever type of businessman you are, deny your hireling a monetary payment that is a perishable trifle, you shall be denied the reward of heaven that has been promised. You shall not defraud, as the law says, the hireling of his pay.

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11. Deuteronomy 5:19

    You shall not steal.

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12. Deuteronomy 23:24

    When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.

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    “When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard,....

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13. Deuteronomy 23:25

    When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.

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    “When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour,....

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14. Joshua 7:11

    Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.

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    “Israel hath sinned,....

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15. Judges 17:2

    said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”

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    “And he said unto his mother,....

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16. Judges 18:14–27

    Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”

    ›Commentary on Judges 18:14–272 voices

    “Then they answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish,....

    “In these houses - This agrees with what we saw at Jdg 18:2-3 that the “house of God” and Jonathan’s house were detached from Micah’s. There were other houses besides Jdg 18:22. The whole settlement was probably called Beth-Micah, contained in one court, and entered by one gate Jdg 18:16.

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