Exodus 22

1 If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, then he must pay 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 found breaking in, and if he is struck so that he dies, in that case no guilt for murder will attach to anyone on his account.

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 the sun has risen before he breaks in, guilt for murder will attach to the person who kills him. A thief must make restitution. If he has nothing, then he must 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 stolen animal is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox, a donkey, or a 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 a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and from 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 a fire breaks out and spreads in thorns so that stacked grain, or standing grain, or a field is consumed, the one who started the fire must 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 gives money or goods to his neighbor for safe keeping, and if it is stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found, that thief must 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 But if the thief is not found, then the owner of the house must come before the judges to see whether he has put his own hand on 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 For every dispute about something, whether it is an ox, a donkey, a sheep, clothing, or any other missing thing about which one says, “This belongs to me,” the claim of both parties must come before the judges. The man whom the judges find guilty must 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 gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and if it dies or is hurt or is carried away without anyone 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 an oath to Yahweh must be taken by them both, as to whether or not one person has put his hand on his neighbor's property. The owner must accept this, and the other will make no 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 was stolen from him, the other must make restitution to the owner for it.

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

13 If an animal was torn in pieces, let the other man bring the animal as evidence. He will not have to pay for what 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 If a man borrows any animal from his neighbor and the animal is injured or dies without the owner being with it, the other man must 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 But if the owner was with it, the other man will not have to pay; if the animal was hired, it will be paid for by its hiring fee.

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, and if he sleeps with her, he must surely make her his wife by paying the bride wealth required for this.

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 completely refuses to give her to him, he must pay money equal to the bride wealth 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 You must not allow a sorceress to live.

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

19 Whoever sleeps with a beast must surely be put to death.

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

20 Whoever sacrifices to any god except to Yahweh must be completely destroyed.

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

21 You must not wrong a foreigner or oppress him, for you were foreigners 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 You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.

23 If you afflict them at all, and if they call out to me, I will surely hear their call.

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

24 My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows, and your children will become 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 among you who are poor, you must not be like a moneylender to him or charge 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 you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you must return 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 body. What else can he sleep in? When he calls out to me, I will hear him, for I am compassionate.

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 blaspheme me, God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

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

29 You must not hold back offerings from your harvest or your winepresses. You must give to 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 do the same with your oxen and your sheep. For seven days they may remain with their mothers, but on the eighth day you must give them to 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 You will be people that are set apart for me. So you must not eat any meat that was torn by animals in the field. Instead, you must throw 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.”