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IF a man shall steal an ox,
or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox,
and four sheep for a sheep.
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If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there
shall no blood be shed for him.
3
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for
he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold
for his theft.
4 If the thief be certainly found in his
hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
5
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in
his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own
field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
6 If fire break out, and
catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the
field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make
restitution.
7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour
money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief
be found, let him pay double.
8 If the thief be not
found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see
whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
9 For all manner of
trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any
manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both
parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he
shall pay double unto his neighbour.
10 If a man deliver unto
his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it
die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
11 Then shall an oath of
the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his
neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not
make it good.
12 And if it be stolen
from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
13 If it be torn in
pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that
which was torn.
14 And if a man borrow
aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not
with it, he shall surely make it good.
15 But if the owner
thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
16 And if a man entice a
maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be
his wife.
19 Whosoever lieth with a
beast shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth
unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
21 Thou shalt neither vex a
stranger, nor oppress him: for ye
were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not afflict
any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in
any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill
you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children
fatherless.
25 If thou lend money to
any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer,
neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
26 If thou at all take thy
neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun
goeth down:
27 For that is his
covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep?
And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for
I am gracious.
28 Thou shalt not revile
the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay to
offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto
me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do
with thine oxen, and with thy sheep:
seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give
it me.
31 And ye shall be holy
men unto me: neither shall ye eat any
flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs they
shall divide.
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