Text -- Exodus 22:6 (NET)

22:6 “If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Exo 22:6

¹ tn Heb “if a fire goes out and finds”; NLT “if a fire gets out of control.”

² sn Thorn bushes were used for hedges between fields, but thorn bushes also burned easily, making the fire spread rapidly.

³ tn This is a Hiphil participle of the verb “to burn, kindle” used substantivally. This is the one who caused the fire, whether by accident or not.