1If a man steals an ox or sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.
2If a burglar is caught breaking in and is struck down and dies,
the striker has no
guilt of blood
shed.
3If the
striker does it in broad daylight, he
is guilty of blood
shed.
Otherwise, the
burglar must certainly repay, and if he
does not
have the means, he will be sold for his burglary.
4If the stolen
goods are plainly found in his possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, alive, he shall repay double.
5If a man consumes
the produce of a field or vineyard, or sends his cattle
in, and it feeds in the fields of another
person,
on the best
part of his field or
on the best
part of his vineyard, he shall pay
compensation.
6If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorns, and a stack of corn or the standing corn or the field is consumed, he who lit the fire will certainly pay
compensation for the fire
-damage.
7If a man gives his neighbour money or goods to keep
for him, and they are stolen from the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall repay double.
8If the thief
cannot be found, the owner of the house will approach the
representatives of God
to see whether he laid his hand on his neighbour's property
or not.
9For every criminal matter, for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for an item of clothing, for any lost item which someone claims
to be his, the dispute between the two of them will come to the
representatives of God. The one
the representatives of God condemn will pay double to his neighbour.
10If a man gives his neighbour a donkey or an ox, or a sheep, or any cattle to keep
for him, and it dies or is wounded, or it is rustled
with no-one seeing
it,
11an oath to the
Lord will be
made between the two of them, that he did not lay his hand on his neighbour's property, and its owner will accept
it, and
the other will not
have to pay.
12But if it was evidently stolen from him, he will compensate its owner.
13If it has been badly mauled, let him bring the mauled animal
as evidence,
and he will not
have to pay.
14And if a man borrows
anything from his neighbour, and it becomes wounded or dies,
when the owner of it
is not present, he will certainly pay
compensation.
15If the owner of it
is present, he shall not pay; if he
is a hired labourer, it is
a matter of his hire
arrangements.
16If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he will certainly purchase her as his wife with a dowry.
17If her father resolutely refuses to give her to him, he shall weigh out silver according to the dowry of virgins.
18You shall not let a sorceress live.
19Everyone
who lies with cattle will certainly be put to death.
20He
who sacrifices to
any gods except the
Lord alone will be solemnly executed.
21You shall not maltreat a foreigner or oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
22You shall not ill-treat any widow or orphan.
23If you nevertheless ill-treat him, considering
how he would doubtlessly cry out to me, I will certainly hear his crying out,
24and my anger will be kindled, and I will kill you by the sword, and your wives will become widows, and your sons orphans.
25If you lend money to my people – to the poor in your society – you shall not be as
it were a lender at interest to him; you shall not impose interest on him.
26If you take your neighbour's clothing in a pledge at all, you shall return it to him by sunset.
27For it
is his only covering. It
is his clothing for his skin.
Otherwise, with what
can he lie down? And it will be
the case that if he cries out to me, I will hear
him, for I
am gracious.
28You shall not despise the representatives of God, nor curse a leader among your people.
29You shall not be late
in offering your full
produce or your
extracted liquids. You shall give me the firstborn of your sons.
30This
is what you shall do with your ox
and your sheep: it shall be seven days with its mother,
then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
31And you will be holy men to me, and you shall not eat flesh mauled in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
Reference(s) in Chapter 22: v.28 ↔ Acts 23:5.