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Burglary

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This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topic: Theft and thieves.

Burglary is the unlawful breaking into a dwelling or premises to take what belongs to another, treated in scripture as a form of theft and condemned among the broader sins of dishonesty and stealing. The Mosaic law and the prophets address it alongside other property crimes, and the New Testament repeatedly warns that thieves have no inheritance in the kingdom of God.

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