Exodus 22

1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

“If anyone will have stolen an ox or a sheep, and if he kills it or sells it, then he will restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.

2 If the thief is found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

If a thief will have been discovered breaking into a house, or digging under it, and he has received a mortal wound, he who struck him down will not be guilty of blood.

3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him. A thief shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

But if he did this when the sun was risen, he has perpetrated a homicide, and he shall die. If he does not have the means to make restitution for the theft, he shall be sold.

4 If the theft is found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

If whatever he stole should be found with him, a living thing, either an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, he shall repay double.

5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard.

If there is any damage to a field or a vineyard, when he has released his cattle to pasture on the land of a stranger, he shall repay the best of what he has in his own field, or in his own vineyard, according to the estimation of the damage.

6 If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

If a fire will have been discovered departing from brush, and taking hold in stacks of grain, or in crops standing in the fields, whoever ignited the fire shall repay the damages.

7 If a man shall deliver to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house, if the thief be found, he shall pay double.

If anyone will have entrusted money, or a container, to his friend to keep, and if these have been stolen from the one who received them: if the thief is found, he shall repay double.

8 If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to see whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods.

If the thief is unknown, the lord of the house will be brought before the heavens to swear that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor,

9 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, of which a man says, This is it, the case of both parties shall come before God. He whom God shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

so as to perpetrate any fraud, such as with an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, or clothing, nor to do anything that would be able to cause damage. The case of both shall be brought before the heavens. And if they give judgment against him, he shall repay double to his neighbor.

10 If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep, and it dies, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it,

If anyone will have entrusted a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to the keeping of his neighbor, and it will have died, or become disabled, or have been captured by enemies, and no one saw it,

11 the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods. And the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

then there shall be an oath between them, that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor. And the owner shall accept the oath, and he will not be compelled to make restitution.

12 But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.

But if it will have been taken away by theft, he shall repay the damages to the owner.

13 If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.

If it has been eaten by a wild beast, let him carry what was killed to him, and then he shall not make restitution.

14 And if a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

If anyone borrows from his neighbor any of these things, and it has died or been disabled when the owner was not present, he shall be compelled to make restitution.

15 If the owner of it is with it, he shall not make it good. If it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.

But if the owner was present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it had been brought for hired work.

16 And if a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

If a man has led astray a virgin not yet betrothed, and he has slept with her, he shall pay her dowry and have her as a wife.

17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

If the father of the virgin is not willing to give her, he shall pay money according to manner of a dowry, which virgins are accustomed to receive.

18 Thou shall not allow a sorceress to live.

You shall not permit practitioners of the black arts to live.

19 Whoever lies with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal shall be put to death.

20 He who sacrifices to any god, except to Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed.

Whoever immolates to gods, other than to the Lord, shall be killed.

21 And thou shall not wrong a sojourner, neither shall thou oppress him, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.

22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.

23 If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry,

If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry.

24 and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your sons fatherless.

And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans.

25 If thou lend money to any of my people with thee who is poor, thou shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

If you lend money to the poor of my people who live among you, you shall not coerce them like a collector, nor oppress them with usury.

26 If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,

If you take a garment from your neighbor as a pledge, you shall return it to him again before the setting of the sun.

27 for that is his only covering. It is his garment for his skin. How shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.

For it is all that he has to cover himself, to clothe his body; nor does he have anything else in which to sleep. If he cries out to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.

28 Thou shall not revile God, nor speak ill of a ruler of thy people.

You shall not disparage the heavens, and you shall not speak evil of the leader of your people.

29 Thou shall not delay to offer from thy harvest, and from the outflow of thy presses. The firstborn of thy sons thou shall give to me.

You shall not delay in paying your tithes and your first-fruits. You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

30 Likewise thou shall do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep. Seven days it shall be with its dam. On the eighth day thou shall give it me.

You shall do likewise with those of the oxen and the sheep. For seven days, let it be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall repay it to me.

31 And ye shall be holy men to me. Therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. Ye shall cast it to the dogs.

You shall be holy men for me. The flesh, from which beasts will have tasted, you shall not eat, but you will throw it to the dogs.”