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Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.
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Verse 24. Soul, and exposeth himself to death, though this was only inflicted for stealing a man. Exodus 21:16. The night-thief might also be killed in the fact. Exodus 22:2. But if the person who had stolen denied it on oath, he was put to death for perjury. Leviticus 5:1.
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