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.

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 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 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 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.

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

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 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.

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 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.

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 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 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 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.

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 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,

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 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.

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 But if it was stolen from him, the other must make restitution to the owner for it.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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 completely refuses to give her to him, he must pay money equal to the bride wealth of virgins.

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 sorceress to live.

You do not keep a witch alive.

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

Whoever lies with a beast is certainly put to death.

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

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

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

You do not afflict any widow or orphan;

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

if you really afflict him, surely if he cries to Me at all, I certainly hear his 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 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 among you who are poor, you must not be like a moneylender to him or charge him 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 take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you must return it to him before the sun goes down,

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

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

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 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.

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