Exodus 22:6
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If a fire breaking out light upon thorns, and catch stacks of corn, or corn standing in the fields, he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss.

if fire break out.

Judges 15:4,5 And he went and caught three hundred foxes, and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches between the tails: . . .

2 Samuel 14:30,31 He said to his servants: You know the field of Joab near my field, that hath a crop of barley: go now and set it on fire. So the servants of Absalom set the corn on fire. And Joab's servants coming with their garments rent, said: The servants of Absalom have set part of the field on fire. . . .

he that kindled the fire

Exodus 22:9,12 To do any fraud, either in ox, or in ass, or sheep, or raiment, or any thing that may bring damage: the cause of both parties shall come to the gods: and if they give judgment, he shall restore double to his neighbour. . . .

Exodus 21:33,34 If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it, . . .

Context
Property Laws
5If any man hurt a field or a vineyard, and put in his beast to feed upon that which is other men's: he shall restore the best of whatsoever he hath in his own field, or in his vineyard, according to the estimation of the damage. 6If a fire breaking out light upon thorns, and catch stacks of corn, or corn standing in the fields, he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss.7If a man deliver money, or any vessel unto his friend to keep, and they be stolen away from him that received them: if the thief be found, he shall restore double:…
Cross References
Matthew 7:16
By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Exodus 22:5
If any man hurt a field or a vineyard, and put in his beast to feed upon that which is other men's: he shall restore the best of whatsoever he hath in his own field, or in his vineyard, according to the estimation of the damage.

Exodus 22:7
If a man deliver money, or any vessel unto his friend to keep, and they be stolen away from him that received them: if the thief be found, he shall restore double:

Lexicon
If
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a fire
אֵ֜שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

breaks out
תֵצֵ֨א (ṯê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

and spreads
וּמָצְאָ֤ה (ū·mā·ṣə·’āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

to thornbushes
קֹצִים֙ (qō·ṣîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6975: A thorn, thornbush

so that it consumes
וְנֶאֱכַ֣ל (wə·ne·’ĕ·ḵal)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

stacked
גָּדִ֔ישׁ (gā·ḏîš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1430: A stack of sheaves, a tomb

or
א֥וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

standing grain,
הַקָּמָ֖ה (haq·qā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7054: Something that rises, a stalk of grain

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

the whole field,
הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

the one who started
הַמַּבְעִ֖ר (ham·maḇ·‘ir)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

the fire
הַבְּעֵרָֽה׃ (hab·bə·‘ê·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1200: A burning

must make full restitution.
שַׁלֵּ֣ם (šal·lêm)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate


Additional Translations
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.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.

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.

And if fire have gone forth and caught thorns, and should also set on fire threshing-floors or ears of corn or a field, he that kindled the fire shall make compensation.

if fire break out, And seize the thorns, And the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall fully make it good.

If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

If fire shall break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field shall be consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

"If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

'When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.
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