Exodus 22

1 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.

If a man 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.

2 If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he has been struck and has died, there is no blood for him;

If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

3 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;

If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him — he shall make restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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

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

5 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.

If a man cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it 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 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.

If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7 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.

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

8 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.

If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

9 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.

For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith: 'This is it,' the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbour.

10 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—

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 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;

the oath of the LORD shall be between them both, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

12 but if it is certainly stolen from him, he repays to its owner;

But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

13 if it is certainly torn, he brings it in [as] a witness; he does not repay the torn thing.

If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.

14 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;

And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

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

If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.

16 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;

And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

17 if her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he weighs out money according to the dowry of virgins.

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

18 You do not keep a witch alive.

Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.

19 Whoever lies with a beast is certainly put to death.

Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

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

He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.

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

And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 You do not afflict any widow or orphan;

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

23 if you really afflict him, surely if he cries to Me at all, I certainly hear his cry;

If thou afflict them in any wise — for if they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry —

24 and My anger has burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

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 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;

If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

26 if you take the garment of your neighbor in pledge at all, you return it to him during the going in of the sun:

If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down;

27 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.

for that is his only covering, it is his garment 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 You do not revile God, and you do not curse a prince among your people.

Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

29 You do not delay your fullness and your liquids; you give the firstborn of your sons to Me;

Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto Me.

30 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.

Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep; seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it Me.

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

And ye shall be holy men unto Me; therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.