Exodus 22
1 If a man shall 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 the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there
shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
3 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 be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep;
he shall pay double.
5 If a man shall 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 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the
standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely
make restitution.
7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor 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 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 neighbor's goods.
9 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 neighbor.
10 If a man deliver unto his neighbor 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 the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his
hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he
shall not make restitution.
12 But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner
thereof.
13 If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good
that which was torn.
14 And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner
thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
15 If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired
thing, it came for its hire.
16 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 refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money
according to the dowry of virgins.
18 Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly
destroyed.
21 And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye
were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear
their cry;
24 and 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 thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not
be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it
unto him before the sun goeth down:
27 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 Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy
presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 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 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.