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1 When someone steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, the thief shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. The thief shall make restitution, but if unable to do so, shall be sold for the theft. 2 When the animal, whether ox or donkey or sheep, is found alive in the thief’s possession, the thief shall pay double. 3 If a thief is found breaking in, and is beaten to death, no bloodguilt is incurred; 4 but if it happens after sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred. Exodus 22:1-4, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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