“... CC’s law corresponds with LH 21 in describing the burglary as an act of digging through or boring; its noun [...] corresponds with the Akkadian verb palāšum “to dig” and noun pilšum “digging through, tunneling.” In contrast to LH 21, LE 13 does not mention tunneling. [...] Both CC and LH 21 also present the killing of the burglar as the primary case, as opposed to LE 13, where the killing appears in the second law in the series. [...] The primary contrasts in CC’s law are its mention of “blood,” referring to bloodguilt or blood vengeance, and putting the death of the burglar in the protasis. LH 21 and LE 13 place his death—an on-the-spot execution—in the apodosis. In CC, the death is a condition that leads to a judgment about whether there is bloodguilt or vengeance. Therefore, CC’s law is less about burglary and more about homicide. It thus augments the theme of the laws in 21:12–32. ...”