Chapter 22

  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.  

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  If a thief shall be found breaking through, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.  

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  If the sun shall have 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.  

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  If the theft shall be certainly found in his hand alive, whether an ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.  

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  If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall 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.  

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  If fire shall break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field shall be consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.  

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  If a man shall deliver to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief shall be found, let him pay double.  

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  If the thief shall not be found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to see whether he hath put his hand to his neighbor's goods.  

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  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 he whom the judges shall condemn, shall pay double to his neighbor.  

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  If a man shall deliver to his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep; and it shall die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:  

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  Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept of it, and he shall not make restitution.  

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  And if it shall be stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.  

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  If it shall be torn in pieces; then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.  

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  And if a man shall borrow aught of his neighbor, and it shall be hurt, or die, the owner of it being not with it, he shall surely make it good.  

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  But if the owner of it shall be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for his hire.  

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  And if a man shall entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.  

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  If her father shall utterly refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dower of virgins.  

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  Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.  

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  Whoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.  

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  He that sacrificeth to any god, save to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.  

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  Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.  

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  Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.  

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  If thou shalt afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry:  

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  And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.  

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  If thou shalt lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.  

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  If thou shalt at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it to him by the setting of the sun.  

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  For that is his only covering, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth to me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.  

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  Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.  

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  Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give to me.  

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  Likewise shalt thou do with thy oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it to me.  

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  And ye shall be holy men to 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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