Property Rights
1If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
2If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.
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But if the sun has risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness on his account. He shall surely make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
4If what he stole is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.
5If a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed
bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another mans field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
6If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field
itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution.
7If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep
for him and it is stolen from the mans house, if the thief is caught, he shall pay double.
8If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house shall appear before the judges,
to determine whether he laid his hands on his neighbors property.
9For every breach of trust,
whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing,
or for any lost thing about which one says, This is it, the case of both parties shall come before the judges; he whom the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.
10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep
for him, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away while no one is looking,
11an oath before the L
ORD shall be made by the two of them that he has not laid hands on his neighbors property; and its owner shall accept
it, and he shall not make restitution.
12But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
13If it is all torn to pieces, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.
14If a man borrows
anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution.
15If its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it is hired, it came for its hire.
Sundry Laws
16If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her
to be his wife.
17If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the dowry for virgins.
18You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
19Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.
20He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the L
ORD alone, shall be utterly destroyed.
21You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
23If you afflict him at all,
and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry;
24and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
25If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
26If you ever take your neighbors cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,
27for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that when he cries out to Me, I will hear
him, for I am gracious.
28You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
29You shall not delay
the offering from your harvest and your vintage. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.
30You shall do the same with your oxen
and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
31You shall be holy men to Me, therefore you shall not eat
any flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.