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.

When a man steals an ox or sheep, and has slaughtered it or sold it, he repays [with] five of the herd for the ox, and four of the flock for the 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 in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he has been struck and has died, there is no blood for him;

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.

if the sun has risen on him, blood [is] for him, he certainly repays; if he has nothing, then he has been sold for his theft;

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 the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether ox, or donkey, or sheep—he repays 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.

When a man depastures a field or vineyard, and has sent out his beast, and it has pastured in the field of another, he repays [with] the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard.

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.

When fire goes forth and has found thorns, and a stack, or the standing grain, or the field has been consumed, he who causes the burning certainly repays.

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.

When a man gives silver or vessels to his neighbor to keep, and it has been stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief is found, he repays 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 not found, then the master of the house has been brought near to God [to see] whether he has not put forth his hand against the work 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.

For every matter of transgression, for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his, the matter of them both comes to God; he whom God condemns repays 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,

When a man gives to his neighbor a donkey, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it has died, or has been hurt, or taken captive, [with] none seeing—

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.

an oath of YHWH is between them both, that he has not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbor, and its owner has accepted, and he does not repay;

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

but if it is certainly stolen from him, he repays to its 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 is certainly torn, he brings it in [as] a witness; he does not repay the torn thing.

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.

And when a man asks for [anything] from his neighbor, and it has been hurt or has died—its owner not being with it—he certainly repays;

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.

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

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.

And when a man entices a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and has lain with her, he certainly endows her to himself for 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 her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he weighs out money according to the dowry of virgins.

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

You do not keep a witch alive.

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

Whoever lies with a beast is certainly put to death.

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

He who is sacrificing to a god, except to YHWH alone, is devoted.

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

And you do not oppress a sojourner, nor crush him, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt.

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

You do not afflict any widow or orphan;

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

if you really afflict him, surely if he cries to Me at all, I certainly hear his 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 anger has 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 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] My poor people [who are] with you, you are not as a usurer to him; you do not lay usury on him;

26 If you require your neighbor's cloak as security for a loan, you must return it to him by sunset,

if you take the garment of your neighbor in pledge at all, you return it to him during the going in 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 his only covering, it [is] his garment for his skin; wherein does he lie down? And it has come to pass, when he cries to Me, that I have heard, for I [am] gracious.

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

You do not revile God, and you do not curse a prince among 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 do not delay your fullness and your liquids; you 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.

so you do to your ox [and] to your sheep; it is with its mother [for] seven days, on the eighth day you give 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.”

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