Exodus 22

1 “Anyone who steals an ox or a sheep and kills or sells it, he must pay back five oxen for one ox and four sheep for one 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 a thief is discovered breaking into someone's house and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of murder.

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 But if it happens during daylight, then someone is guilty of murder. A thief must pay everything back that's stolen. If he doesn't have anything, then he must be sold to pay for what was stolen.

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 what was stolen is a live animal he still has, whether it's an ox, donkey, or sheep, he must pay back 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 livestock are grazing in a field or vineyard and their owner lets them stray so that they graze in someone else's field, the owner must pay compensation from the best of their own fields or vineyards.

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 a fire is started and it spreads to thorn bushes and then burns stacked or standing grain, or even the whole field, the person who started the fire must pay full compensation.

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 someone gives his neighbor money or possessions to be kept safe and they are stolen from the neighbor's house, if the thief is caught they must pay back 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 isn't caught the owner of the house must appear before the judges to find out whether he took his neighbor's property.

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 If there's an argument over the ownership of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything that was lost that someone says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their case before the judges. The one whom the judges find in the wrong must pay the other back double.

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 someone asks a neighbor to look after a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal, but it dies or is injured or is stolen without anybody noticing,

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 then an oath must be taken before the Lord to decide if the neighbor has taken the owner's property. The owner must accept the oath and not demand compensation.

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 However, if the animal really was stolen from the neighbor, he must compensate the owner.

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

13 If it was killed and torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall present the carcass as evidence and does not need to pay compensation.

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 If someone borrows a neighbor's animal and it's injured or dies while its owner is not present, they must pay compensation in full.

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 was present, no compensation is to be paid. If the animal was hired, only the hire charge needs to be paid.

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

16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the full bride-price for her to become 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 adamantly refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay the same amount as the bride-price for a virgin.

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 You must not allow a woman who practices witchcraft to live.

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

19 Anyone who has sex with an animal must be executed.

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

20 Anyone who sacrifices to any other god than the Lord must be set apart and executed.

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

21 You must not exploit or mistreat a foreigner. Remember that you yourselves were once foreigners in Egypt.

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

22 You must not take advantage of any widow or orphan.

You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.

23 If you mistreat them, and they call out to me for help, I will definitely respond to their cry.

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

24 I will become angry, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives will become widows and your children will be 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 you lend money to any of my people because they're poor, you must not behave as a moneylender to them. You must not charge them any 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 you require your neighbor's cloak as security for a loan, you must return it to him by sunset,

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 because it's the only clothing he has for his body. What would he sleep in otherwise? If he calls out to me for help, I will listen, for I am considerate.

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 You must not despise God or curse your people's leader.

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

29 You must not hold onto the required offerings of your produce, olive oil, and wine. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

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

30 You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. They can stay with their mothers for their first seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

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 You are to be holy people to me. You must not eat any animal carcass that you find in the countryside that has been killed by wild animals. Throw it to the dogs to eat.”

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.”