“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he
shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a
thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there
shall be no bloodguilt for him, but if the sun has risen on him,
there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has
nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. If the stolen beast
is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey
or a sheep, he shall pay double.
“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets
his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make
restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.
“If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked
grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who
started the fire shall make full restitution.
“If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and
it is stolen from the man's house, then, if the thief is found, he
shall pay double. If the thief is not found, the owner of the house
shall come near to God to show whether or not he has put his hand
to his neighbor's property. For every breach of trust, whether it
is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any
kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of
both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall
pay double to his neighbor.
“If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or
any beast to keep safe, and it dies or is injured or is driven
away, without anyone seeing it, an oath by the LORD shall be
between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his
neighbor's property. The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall
not make restitution. But if it is stolen from him, he shall make
restitution to its owner. If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it
as evidence. He shall not make restitution for what has been torn.
“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or
dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution.
If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was
hired, it came for its hiring fee.
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with
her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay
money equal to the bride-price for virgins.
“You shall not permit a sorceress to live.
“Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.
“Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the LORD alone, shall
be devoted to destruction.
“You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were
sojourners in the land of Egypt. You shall not mistreat any widow
or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to
me, I will surely hear their cry, and my wrath will burn, and I
will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows
and your children fatherless.
“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you
shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact
interest from him. If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in
pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, for
that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in
what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I
am compassionate.
“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
“You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest
and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons
you shall give to me. You shall do the same with your oxen and with
your sheep: seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth
day you shall give it to me.
“You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any
flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to
the dogs.
