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NASB | Exodus 22:2 ¶ "If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 22:2 ¶ "If a thief is caught breaking in [after dark] and is struck [by the owner] so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him. |
Subject: Personal rights predating government |
Bible Note: Hi, Dell... Welcome to the forum! I think, if you really dig into history, you will find that the Founders understood something called Natural Law. "We hold these truths to be self evident..." That thinking goes way back, of course. I think you might even find evidences of it predating Moses. One of 16th century scholars of the Reformation, Richard Hooker (1554-1600), defined law as "an exact rule wherby humane actions are measured. The rule to measure and judge them by is the law of God... Under the name of law we must comprehend not only that which god hath written in tables and leaves but that which nature hath ingraven in the hartes of men. Els how should those heathen which never had bookes but heaven and earth to look upon be convicted of perversnes? 'But the Gentils which had not the law in books had saith the apostle theffect of the law written in their hartes.' Romans ii:xiv" In Him, Doc |