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1 If a man shall steal
an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for
an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
2 If a thief be found breaking up,
and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for
him.
3 If the sun be risen upon him, there
shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full
restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
4 If the theft be certainly found in
his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore
double.
5 If a man shall cause a field or
vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in
another mans 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 stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be
consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make
restitution.
7 If a man shall
deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of
the mans house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
8 If the thief be not found, then
the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see
whether he have put his hand unto his neighbours goods.
9 For all manner of trespass, whether
it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any
manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the
cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the
judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
10 If a man deliver unto his
neighbour 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 Then shall an oath of the
LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his
neighbours goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and
he shall not make it good.
12 And if it be stolen from him, he
shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
13 If it be torn in pieces, then
let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good
that which was torn.
14 And if a man borrow ought
of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being
not with it, he shall surely make it good.
15 But if the owner thereof be
with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing,
it came for his hire.
16 And if a man entice
a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow 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 witch to
live.
19 Whosoever lieth with a beast
shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any
god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
21 Thou shalt neither vex a
stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow,
or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise,
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 that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be
to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbours
raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth
down:
27 For that is his covering
only, it is his raiment 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 the gods,
nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay to offer
the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn 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 his dam; on
the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
31 And ye shall be holy men unto me:
neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the
field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
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