Exodus 22:6 meaning and explanation
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.
Exodus 22:6, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse belongs to the case laws Moses gives Israel at Mount Sinai, applying the Ten Commandments to everyday disputes. A farmer's fire, perhaps lit to clear thornbushes, escapes and burns a neighbor's harvested grain or standing crop.
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