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This is so normal that the Bible warns against it with specificity. Clearly in Exodus chapter 20 and verse 15 at the Ten Commandments, God said, "'You shall not steal.'" He repeated it in Deuteronomy 5.19, you shall not steal. It's a simple statement. It's also a comprehensive statement. But let me show you something of its comprehensive nature by having you turn to Exodus 22. Exodus 22, as God is giving instruction just subsequent to giving the law, He has much to say about stealing. And it's the beginning of the 22nd chapter of Exodus, and we'll look at the first nine verses or so. If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. Not a good idea. You steal one sheep and you're going to lose four. You steal one oxen, you're going to lose five. This is a defense, listen to me, of private property, personal possession. …
… be going to verse 17. Exodus chapter 20, verse 11 through 17. And it reads this way from the New International Version and a portion of the New Revised Standard Version, beginning with verse 11. We have verse 12 printed, but we're going to start with verse 11. And it reads this way, For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Honor your father and your mother so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. you shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male or female servants, his ox or donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Another translation is don't get jealous of your neighbor. …
EXOD. xx. 15. Thou shalt not steal. This is one of the ten commandments, which constitute a summary of man’s duty, as revealed by God. God made many revelations to the children of Israel in the wilderness by Moses: but this made in the ten commandments is the chief. Most of those other revelations contained ceremonial or judicial laws; but this contains the moral law. The most of those other laws respected the Jewish nation; but here is a summary of laws binding on all mankind. Those were to last till Christ should come, and have set up the Christian church; these are of perpetual obligation, and last to the end of the world. God everywhere, by Moses and the prophets, manifests a far greater regard to the duties of these commands, than to any of the rites of the ceremonial law. These commands were given at mount Sinai, before any of the precepts of the ceremonial or judicial laws. They were delivered by a great voice out of the midst of fire, which made all the people in the camp tremble, and afterwards were engraven on tables of stone, and laid up in the ark; the first table containing the four first commandments, which teach our duty to God; the second table containing the six last, which teach our duty to man. The sum of the duties of the first table is contained in that which Christ says is the first and great commandment of the law; Matt. xxii. 37. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” The sum of what is required in the second table, is what Christ calls the second command, like unto the first; verse 39. “The second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” …