Exodus 22

1 “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.

'When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

2 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.

'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

3 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.

if the sun hath risen upon him, blood [is] for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

4 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.

if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep — double he repayeth.

5 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.

'When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, [of] the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.

6 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.

'When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.

7 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.

'When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.

8 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,

'If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour;

9 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.

for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.

10 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,

'When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing —

11 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.

an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

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

but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

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

if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in — a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

14 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.

'And when a man doth ask [anything] from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died — its owner not being with it — he doth certainly repay;

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

if its owner [is] with it, he doth not repay, — if it [is] a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.

16 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.

'And when a man doth entice a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;

17 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.

if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

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

'A witch thou dost not keep alive.

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

'Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.

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

'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.

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

'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

22 You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.

'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

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

if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;

24 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.

and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

25 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.

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

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

if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

27 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.

for it alone is his covering, it [is] his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I [am] gracious.

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

'God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

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

'Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;

30 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.

so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me.

31 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.”

'And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.