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Scripture Texts

English Translation

"If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution.

Hebrew Text (Torah)

ה כִּי-תֵצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָצְאָה קֹצִים, וְנֶאֱכַל גָּדִישׁ, אוֹ הַקָּמָה, אוֹ הַשָּׂדֶה--שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם, הַמַּבְעִר אֶת-הַבְּעֵרָה. {ס}

Greek Text (Septuagint)

6 (22:5) ἐὰν δὲ ἐξελθὸν πῦρ εὕρῃ ἀκάνθας καὶ προσεμπρήσῃ ἅλωνα ἢ στάχυς ἢ πεδίον, ἀποτείσει ὁ τὸ πῦρ ἐκκαύσας. --

Theological Classification

Torah Portion (Parashah) Mishpatim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #56
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Injuries (Buch 11)
Section: Injury to Property
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments

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