Exodus 22

1If 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. {or a sheep: or, or a goat}● 2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, {there shall} no blood {be shed} for him.● 3If 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.● 4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.● 5If 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.● 6If 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.● 7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.● 8If 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 neighbour's goods.● 9For 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.● 10If 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 neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept {thereof}, and he shall not make {it} good.● 12And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.● 13If it be torn in pieces, {then} let him bring it {for} witness, {and} he shall not make good that which was torn.● 14And 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.● 16And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.● 17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. {pay: Heb. weigh}● 18Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.● 19Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.● 20He that sacrificeth unto {any} god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.● 21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.● 22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.● 23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;● 24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.● 25If 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.● 26If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:● 27For 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.● 28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. {gods: or, judges}● 29Thou 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. {the first...: Heb. thy fulness} {liquors: Heb. tear}● 30Likewise 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.● 31And 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.●