2. _We should not take our neighbor's money or goods._ It belongs to him according to God's will; therefore we should not steal, that is, not take his property away from him. He may give and present it to us, if he so chooses, but we should not take it. We may buy his goods at a fair price, if he is willing to sell, but we should not take it against his will. This may be done in various ways. Think of the _thieves_ into whose hands the Jew fell who came down from Jerusalem to Jericho. Luke 10,30. They stripped him of his raiment; _openly_ and _by force_ they took his clothes and all that he had. We call such men _robbers._-- Others do not take their neighbor's property by force, they sneak into their neighbor's house and take his money and valuables _secretly,_ without his knowledge, or they pick his pockets when there is a chance. _Achan_ took some of the spoils of the city of Jericho secretly and hid the goods in the earth under his tent, in order that nobody might know what he had taken. Josh. 7,21. Such men are called _thieves;_ their sin is called _theft._ Also to-day there are many robbers and thieves in the world.--Beware of taking your fellow-pupil's property, be it ever so small, a pen or a pencil, etc. That would be theft. Remember that your heavenly Father, whom you fear and love, will see you. Our Lord says: _"Let him that stole steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good."_ Eph. 4,28. 3. _We should not get our neighbor's money and goods by false ware or dealing._ That is another way of taking our neighbor's property. Taking our neighbor's property in this manner is generally called fraud or cheating. _"Let no man go beyond_ [what belongs to him according to the will of God], _and defraud his brother in any matter_ [in his trade and business], _because that the Lord is the avenger of all such"_ (the Lord will punish all that commit such frauds). 1 Thess. 4,6. We should not take our neighbor's money _by false ware,_ that is, by selling bad, poor wares to him in place of good ones for which he pays. We should not take his money _by false dealings,_ that is, by using short weights and measures, and in this way keeping back what belongs to our neighbor, by taking too much profit when buying or selling anything, and thus cheating our brother, by borrowing money or other goods and not returning them, etc. _"The wicked borroweth and payeth not again."_ Ps. 37,21. There are many ways of taking our brother's money or goods. A child of God will shun them all, he will be _honest_ in all his dealings with his neighbor.