Exodus:22:1-15

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* "If a man steals an ox or a sheep , and slaughters it or sells it , he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep . * If the thief is found breaking in , and he is struck so that he dies , there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed . * If the sun has risen on him , there shall be guilt for his bloodshed . He should make full restitution ; if he has nothing , then he shall be sold for his theft . * If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand , whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep , he shall restore double . * "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed , and lets loose his animal , and it feeds in another man 's field , he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard . * "If fire breaks out and catches in thorns , so that stacked grain , standing grain , or the field is consumed , he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution . * "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep , and it is stolen out of the man 's house , if the thief is found , he shall pay double . * If the thief is not found , then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor 's goods . * "For any kind of trespass , whether it concerns an ox , a donkey , a sheep , or clothing , or for any kind of lost thing which another claims to be his , the cause of both parties shall come before the judges ; and whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor . * If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey , an ox , a sheep , or any animal to keep , and it dies , is hurt , or driven away , no one seeing it , * then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both , that he has not put his hand into his neighbor 's goods ; and the owner of it shall accept that , and he shall not make it good . * But if , in fact , it is stolen from him , he shall make restitution to the owner of it . * If it is torn to pieces by a beast , then he shall bring it as evidence , and he shall not make good what was torn . * "And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor , and it becomes injured or dies , the owner of it not being with it , he shall surely make it good . * If its owner was with it , he shall not make it good ; if it was hired , it came for its hire .

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