22:6 “If a fire breaks out and spreads 1 to thorn bushes, 2 so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started 3 the fire must surely make restitution.
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.